Really early on like right after the API fuckfest, there was a large influx of users who picked servers based on whatever. As a result, servers defederated and there was a lot of drama as a result.

Though that said I haven't heard much about defederating in some time.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

What would prevent the same happening in the next wave of rats jumping ship? They don't know anything about the servers or their niches, so they pick whatever. Listing all the servers and their missions is a good start for those motivated to join, but for those more on the fence, how do we ease the transition?

[–] ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ve mentioned a list with info of some nature a few times, with people shutting down the idea. It always boiled down to “the instances may lie about what their instance is about”. In their heads what their write may be the truth, even if it isn’t. This would leave it up to a third party to make summaries of these instances, which may or may not be agreed upon. There may be too many drastic and conflicting ideologies.

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 2 points 3 months ago

It would help of Lemmy had a simple migration option like Mastodon. Then, picking an instance wouldn't be a big deal.

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