Same… why would I use a smaller instance when the bigger one has more stuff on it? Maybe I just don’t understand this instance thing properly, it all just feels so fragmented
Same… why would I use a smaller instance when the bigger one has more stuff on it? Maybe I just don’t understand this instance thing properly, it all just feels so fragmented
You don’t NEED to be on the big instance in order to participate on the big instance.
One instance might have separate rules than another, so you can use multiple to get around that. Also if one instance gets shutdown for whatever reason you’ll need another instance to browse through.
Generally though, no. One instance is fine and helps keep the system from getting overloaded with users.
Some instances might decide to not connect to certain other ones because of the type of content that is allowed. I can see issues with subjects like pirating and or NSFW stuff. If the instance you are on blocks that stuff you cannot access it, thus making an account on another instance usefull
Like so many other people here. The federation concept is completely new to them and over time people will settle down and get used to how it works. Maybe people will set up their own instances for the ultimate name swag.
Well, I already had a server running with some other stuff, so i just put Lemmy on there aswell.
As for difficulty: I run my server on NixOS and installed Lemmy the NixOS way, this easier or more difficult, depending of the angle you are looking at it. Installing it on a fresh machine via Ansible as suggested in the docs should be quite straightforward.
It’s mainly a thing of controlling your own stuff if you’re speaking of self hosted servers. If you mean just smaller instances in general, it’s normally because you prefer their management/moderation. You can still view all of the stuff from the other instances just fine even if you’re on a single user instance.
Imagine an Instance as an email address. You can still access any content from any instance (mostly). All posts and comments just go through your instance for you to see them
You can even see it looking at the usernames of people in different instances. For example, I see your username as @Silviecat44@vlemmy.net, which pretty much identically follows the format of an email address.
Same… why would I use a smaller instance when the bigger one has more stuff on it? Maybe I just don’t understand this instance thing properly, it all just feels so fragmented
You don’t NEED to be on the big instance in order to participate on the big instance.
That’s the true beauty of what we’re doing here.
Is there ever a reason to have multiple accounts in the fediverse?
One instance might have separate rules than another, so you can use multiple to get around that. Also if one instance gets shutdown for whatever reason you’ll need another instance to browse through.
Generally though, no. One instance is fine and helps keep the system from getting overloaded with users.
Some instances might decide to not connect to certain other ones because of the type of content that is allowed. I can see issues with subjects like pirating and or NSFW stuff. If the instance you are on blocks that stuff you cannot access it, thus making an account on another instance usefull
Maybe you want your porn on separate account, but beside that, don’t think so.
But you do need to be on an instance that will be around 3 months from now or you’ll have to start over until there is account migration. (Right?)
Like so many other people here. The federation concept is completely new to them and over time people will settle down and get used to how it works. Maybe people will set up their own instances for the ultimate name swag.
ohhh interesting…
I did
May i ask how difficult that is and what the costs are?
Well, I already had a server running with some other stuff, so i just put Lemmy on there aswell.
As for difficulty: I run my server on NixOS and installed Lemmy the NixOS way, this easier or more difficult, depending of the angle you are looking at it. Installing it on a fresh machine via Ansible as suggested in the docs should be quite straightforward.
mhm this might be my next project than. Now i only got to think about a cool name for my instance
Wdym name swag
It’s mainly a thing of controlling your own stuff if you’re speaking of self hosted servers. If you mean just smaller instances in general, it’s normally because you prefer their management/moderation. You can still view all of the stuff from the other instances just fine even if you’re on a single user instance.
Imagine an Instance as an email address. You can still access any content from any instance (mostly). All posts and comments just go through your instance for you to see them
You can even see it looking at the usernames of people in different instances. For example, I see your username as @Silviecat44@vlemmy.net, which pretty much identically follows the format of an email address.