• silver@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    congrats from .ca!

    while im here: does anybody actually know why lemmy.world grew the fastest out of all of the instances? its not the “main” instance like .ml, not a safe space like beehaw, and a normal general instance like itjust.works. im curious why out of all places, .world got the main influx

    • Argon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      For what it’s worth what sold me on .world is the slogan, front-page of the internet. It may or may not be misleading but I’m after a Reddit replacement with a mix of all communities.

      As I explore more I may go elsewhere but so far it has the Reddit feel.

      • silver@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        is the slogan, front-page of the internet

        so far it has the Reddit feel

        isnt that reddits slogan? no kidding, buddy. no kidding. (i mean this in a positive way)

    • Ret2libsanity@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Because on the main Lenny website world shows up as recommended. The other recommended sites want users to put an email in addition to a write up on what they can offer. Which totally kills interest for any new people.

      I think the main Lenny website is to blame here tbh. It pushing users towards a few preset instances that are not really new user friendly.

      Some are not accepting sign ups at all.

      • silver@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        join-lemmy.org shows a few instances at the top of its join page:

        lemmy.fmhy.ml (which is based)

        sh.itjust.works which im pretty sure is having a free speech or too much user choice problem atm

        lemm.ee, a general instance

        sopuli.xyz, which i know nothing about (who is finn???)

        i dont see .world until a further scroll down from those. did they change it?