When creating a new instance or picking a instance to join, what is a good strategy that the user could follow?

Geolocation? Language? Subject?

I think that instances kind of naturally grow to “group” a specific subset of communities, but I may be completely wrong.

Any thoughts on that are highly appreciated.

  • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The main concern is size and culture of the Instance itself. You can’t defederate yourself from your own Instance if it changes, so if you want to be on a small one, make sure the admins plan on staying small.

    • FormerRedditUser@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I wish the instances were more “country” or content oriented. In a sense, the Lemmy NSFW does a really great job…

      • dot20@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        There are country-oriented instances. Off the top of my head there’s Feddit.nl, Feddit.de, Feddit.uk, Sopuli, Lemmy.ca, and SJW. I’m sure there are more.

        For your content-oriented instances you’ve got instances like Programming.dev and the Star Trek instance.

      • TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Said it elsewhere, I’m looking forward to a gaming-oriented instance cropping up that can collate all the otherwise tiny gaming communities together to encourage cross-pollination and growth.