There's no authoritative list of instances since federation isn't required, but tools like lemmyverse.net will give you a solid list of the ones discoverable from the most well known federations.
It's half that outcome and half pulling back the rubber band, hoping it stays here when you let go. It doesn't, and instead you have tons of early pregnancy from 18 year olds or younger who didn't understand how to practice safe sex but just knew it was supposed to be great enough to have a ball about not doing until you find the right person.
Honestly this kind of thing is a junior engineer's week or two. Switching up icon sets is simple, and has value for users who will more easily understand what's going on if it's using icons they already recognize.
Good to know. I'll set that up once I can actually log in. I haven't messed with my account in years but I definitely would have used something else if it'd been available when I set up.
Go to https://lemmyverse.net/, fill in your instance, and click the links to communities that sound interesting. It'll open them in your instance and get them federated so your server starts getting those updates.
I've done both and it's possible my virtual therapy sessions were an outlier but I'd strongly recommend at least starting with in-person. I just didn't find virtual anywhere near as effective as face to face with another person.
I'm sure we'll get the dividends back as direct tax credits!