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6mo ago

Is there a "normie" or more mainstream instance for Lemmy?

At a minimum, you'd want to find an instance that blocks lemmygrad.ml and hexbear.net. lemmy.world already blocks both of those though. The next instance you'd probably want to block is lemmy.ml, which not many other instances do. beehaw.org does, but also blocks lemmy.world, which cuts out a lot of the threadiverse.

If you felt like it, you could explain how to do instance blocking on your user profile. That might be too much for people that don't really care either way and just want stuff to work, though.

@Blaze@feddit.org might also have opinions on this, having spent a lot of time over on Reddit convincing people to try out Lemmy

6mo ago

Pixelfed just overtook Lemmy as the 4th most used Fediverse software.

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I have standing orders to invade the Hague if ever tried there

6mo ago

Pixelfed just overtook Lemmy as the 4th most used Fediverse software.

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There's a sudden influx of users from instagram and tiktok and whatnot because of the ban, zuckerberg fellating Trump, and all of that stuff going on. So the answer to "What's getting posted?" is "everything"

6mo ago

20 active communities which are not politics, news, memes or tech

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In case anyone's still checking here for recommendations, here's a few more reasonably active communities:

!loops@midwest.social: fun or interesting loops (i.e. TikTok/Reels/etc but better)
!moomin@sopuli.xyz: Come see the cute characters created by Tove Jansson
!internetisawesome@sh.itjust.works: celebrating fun and cool sites across the web
!insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world: when you want to feel well-adjusted and normal, look at crazy people's social media posts
!cyanideandhappiness@lemm.ee: for the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness
!thefarside@sh.itjust.works: for the comic The Far Side that we all know and love
!curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works: the best that tumblr has to offer
!cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee: for cartographers with nothing left to lose
!calculators@midwest.social: for nerding out about those handy devices
!mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe: Not too short, not too long. Videos to last through your meal.
!xkcd@lemmy.world: A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language
!artporn@lemm.ee: Look at some nice classic art
!twosentencehorror@sh.itjust.works: Read the title, then read the twist
!ancientinternet@lemmy.world: Memes from the days of yore
!stable_diffusion_art@lemmy.dbzer0.com: See cool art created by AI
!shortstories@literature.cafe: Cozy corner for short stories
!science_memes@mander.xyz: A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab
!sillynsfwart@lemmynsfw.com: Because sometimes lewd and funny go hand in hand

6mo ago

Pixelfed gets a mainstream media mention

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Signal has a lot of overlap there. They've got disappearing messages and Stories

6mo ago

Pixelfed gets a mainstream media mention

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Source hasn't been released, but the dev has said it will be and there's no reason to doubt that IMO. Same dev as pixelfed which is open source and federated

6mo ago

We're RIGHT HERE :(

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Was just talking with a friend that downloaded a Mastodon app a while back when Twitter was bought by Elon, encountered the "Choose a server" bit, and bailed after choice paralysis. They're technical and have a doctorate in Computer Science so it's not like they couldn't figure it out, but there's something in the human psyche where most people don't want to make choices like that. They're on Bluesky now and think its great.

IMO sites like https://pixelfed.org/how-to-join and https://join-lemmy.org/ should just have a normal sign up flow, and load balance between all servers that opt in. Looks like that's going to happen for Pixelfed: