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THE_MASTERMIND ,

All i'm sayin is lemmy world doesn't need any more users it's aldready too big

Kusimulkku ,

Too big to fail!

THE_MASTERMIND ,

The biggest fall the hardest

50_centavos ,

We're the ones keeping this ship afloat.

DrCake ,

What are some alternatives people suggest?

ImplyingImplications ,

https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

This page lists all instances but also recommends some random ones with medium userbase and high uptimes. The idea of Lemmy is that users are spread out. Lemmy.world is massively inflated with users.

zarkanian ,
@zarkanian@sh.itjust.works avatar

The problem with the smaller instances is that there's less support and it's more likely to shut down.

can ,

I'm quite fond of this one. Admin is easily reachable and reasonable IME.

HerbalGamer ,
@HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works avatar

yeah and we get to have profile pics and pictures in comments, which isn't on instances like lemm.ee

Kusimulkku ,

I have embedded photos though. I've used them from time to time. Dunno about profile pics

BarrelAgedBoredom ,

When we updated to 19.whatever a couple months ago the admin (founder? idk what the appropriate term is) pushed out some changes that allowed image uploads as long as they were below a certain size

Kusimulkku ,

I hadn't noticed this, thanks for the info

can ,

IIRC lemm.ee disabled all image uploads following one of the waves of attacks a few months ago. It's possible this has been since reverted as things had died down for a bit there.

Kusimulkku ,

I've seen embedded photos so sporadically that I imagine if they were gone (for a while or right now) I wouldn't have noticed. But I know it has been a thing at some points

barsoap ,

You can have pictures in comments, just not hosted on lemm.ee. Proof:

meow

Image uploads have always been size-limited on lemm.ee because sunaurus anticipated it becoming an issue, if you were planning on using lemm.ee as an image host you were on the wrong instance in the first place when he shut uploading down completely. What you do get with lemm.ee is everything else being snappy.

jballs ,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

I like sh.itjust.works because it has the best name. Also the admins seem cool.

can ,

Also Canadian and on renewable energy.

Jumuta ,
@Jumuta@sh.itjust.works avatar

i joined it back when shit and world were the new, small servers. I still can't believe shit got so big and world is now the biggest

sexy_peach ,

feddit.de is best ;)

Duke_Nukem_1990 ,

so isses

Bandicoot_Academic ,

What's wrong with world? (serious question) I know that ml has tankies and such but I've never heard of issues with world.

Levsgetso ,
@Levsgetso@lemmy.zip avatar

Frankly, it’s just way too big, which can make performance bad, makes it a target for attacks and due to the huge user base it’s harder to upgrade. That’s why .world is still on 0.18.5 while most of lemmy is at 0.19.3.

Also, from what I’ve seen the admins can get a bit powertrippy.

LinkOpensChest_wav ,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

It's got a strong neoliberal bias. In my experience, the users on .world are fairly diverse in opinions and philosophy, but the mods tend to be pro-status quo centrists -- with exceptions, of course.

I recall a mod on their politics community who posted a mod-flaired comment informing us that "the United States is not a racist nation."

Some of their policies seem questionable as well, such as blocking piracy communities or disallowing archived versions of paywalled articles. It feels like the sort of thing reddit would have done to appease advertisers.

I'll admit I'm biased because I haven't had the greatest experience with some specific .world mods, one in particular who is fond of calling people "morons" for criticizing Biden. To be fair, I've seen another more rational mod remove that particular mod's comments, but it seems to keep happening anyway.

Levsgetso ,
@Levsgetso@lemmy.zip avatar

Let’s not forget the people who were just straight up banned when they expressed their disapproval of banning the pirate communities.

You’re definitely right, a lot of the time this place feels like Reddit lite

LinkOpensChest_wav ,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I didn't mention this because I was unaware it happened, but I'm not in the least bit surprised

Gork ,

disallowing archived versions of paywalled articles

Really? I can't stand paywalled articles especially on sites where sharing the article (here, on Lemmy) is the main point of it all.

I always link to an archive.ph or archive.org version because not only does it help bypass all that crap but it also preserves it for future generations.

This platform is for all of us, not just those who can afford WaPo or The New York Times subscriptions.

LinkOpensChest_wav ,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

This is my philosophy as well.

arymandias ,

My comment quoting the Mueller report got deleted from .world because I was spreading “mis information”.

LinkOpensChest_wav ,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

And yet when they got hit by CSAM, it was up for hours. Now they're trying to blame image hosting sites when it's their own bad moderation that's to blame. Really awful mods and admins on that instance, from what I've seen.

can ,

I recall a mod on their politics community who posted a mod-flaired comment informing us that "the United States is not a racist nation."

To be fair, there is no option to comment not flaired as a mod once you become one. Which honestly seems like an oversight. I'm quite active so I've volunteered to mod some big communities that have asked since I'm more likely to see a report but I dislike that now it's as though I can't properly participate as just a normal user.

LinkOpensChest_wav ,
@LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Oh I wasn't aware of this. Thanks for explaining.

Even so, that was quite the hot take even for someone to make as a regular user.

can , (edited )

No argument there. I do think this causes confusion though. I'll have to see if there's already a feature request.

ImplyingImplications ,

https://lemmy.world/modlog?page=1&actionType=ModRemoveComment

As of writing this comment, one of the most recent reasons a mod has removed a comment was: reason: Comm rule 3: Claims that Ukraine does not have a Nazi problem

TORFdot0 ,

It was removed by a mod from feddit.de though. Not like that is LW’s problem unless you want admins to personally intervene with the moderation of every community on their site

Pan_Ziemniak ,

Hmm looked my username up there to see what reasoning was given for why i was banned from world news after calling out russian propaganda.

Says, i broke lemmy.ml's rule 2. But i thought i was banned from world news, which itself was hosted on lemmy.world. like either way, nothing of value was lost to me, just confused about which shithole im banned from commenting in. Is it all of lemmy.ml, lemmy.world, or just the world news sub?

E: grammar und clarity

Ilovethebomb ,

It's essentially Reddit 2.0, with all the baggage that implies.

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