What caused users to sign up to specifically lemmy.ml, instead of other servers? I am aware a lot of users signed up after the spez AMA, but even before the AMA the site was overloaded.

  • CaptainLemmit@feddit.itEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I joined before the AMA, but not on lemmy.ml. Frankly, my first temptation was to ignore the overload warning for fear of missing something by joining another instance. Fortunately I spent more than two minutes figuring out how it works and decided otherwise, but that might be the reasoning behind other people’s choice

    • TauZero@mander.xyzEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      My first impulse as an ex-redditor is to flock to the server with highest population, because I am sheep. I want to see the most content and comments. For me fortunately likewise it took two minutes to figure out that you can see any content from any server. Maybe the server list on join-lemmy.org should show “load percentage” instead of “number of users” :)

    • peef ಠ_ಠ@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Frankly, my first temptation was to ignore the overload warning for fear of missing something by joining another instance.

      I think many non tech savvy users won’t understand how Lemmy works and just give up trying to understand how to signup. Plus some instances have a form and users are waitlisted. I think that’s the biggest con of Lemmy.

  • Alkalyon@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    instead of other servers?

    The fact that when people started joining about a week ago or so, lemmy.ml was at the top of the recommendations in join-lemmy, the fact that it had in its description that lemmy.ml is ran by the developers of lemmy and the jerboa app so people assumed this is the correct one and lastly, unfortunately during that time the only alternative instances at the top of the recommendations was lemmygrad and I don’t remember the other one that screamed communism so people flocked to other ones.

  • danielton@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    It’s been linked to all over Reddit when they should be linking to join-lemmy instead. Federation is a bit confusing if you’re new, plus you have instances like Beehaw and lemmygrad with their own questionable policies…

      • Woodyboye@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Just from looking at introductory stuff, I get a weird vibe. Several pages of just reading about it and positivity and how the rule(s) are vague/broad for a reason and its a little offputting. Im sure im just overreacting or something, and im sure everyone there is actually super nice, but ive always been slow to trust, and beehaw sets off alarm bells for me. Do wanna reiterate tho, everyone there does seem very friendly and im sure its great.

      • danielton@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I get a weird vibe, almost like “toxic positivity”, plus beehaw is defederating from two of the biggest servers, which seems to go against the whole fediverse ethos to me. I’ve also heard stories about inconsistent rule enforcement.

      • UlfKirsten@feddit.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah what’s wrong with them? There seem to be many interesting communities (at least going by first look or familiarity through comparable subs on reddit)?!

        • Camus@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’m a fan of Beehaw, but some people don’t really like their policies about being a “being nice”.

  • humanplayer2@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    For me, I think it was a combination of not understanding the system and not knowing anything about any instances. Which ones can you trust to not just shut down and make you loose your data?

    • Leaves@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      This, I wanted to join an instance with management I somewhat agreed with on matters of federation and had longevity. I didn’t want to join beehaw or lemmy.one for the first reason; and the others don’t really have the longevity to see how admins will react in certain cases.

      • Einar@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Am super new. What happens with my account if “my” Lemmy instance shuts down? What are my safeguards?

        • kopper [they/them]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          If your instance shuts down, you won’t be able to use that account, and your existing content will be in a limbo of pre-shutdown instances knowing about them and post-shutdown ones not. I assume a similar limbo will happen to the communities hosted on your instance, but I’m not entirely sure on what specifically will happen.

          • Einar@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Sounds like something that will have to be addressed. Thus is definitely a reason to have an account with a large, established instance.

  • peef ಠ_ಠ@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Well I made an account 10 days ago when the traffic was much less because the devs of Lemmy had just started advertising the site on Reddit.