Is there a major difference between Lemmy and Beehaw (or other federated instances)?
Is there a major difference between Lemmy and Beehaw (or other federated instances)?
Hello everyone! Long time redditor, first time poster to Lemmy.world. As I'm learning more about the Fediverse, I'm seeing there are several instances that seem to serve the same purpose. For example, Lemmy and Beehaw seem to be similar, yet they are still separate.
Are there any big differences or factors I should be looking for when browsing different instances? So far, it looks like the number of communities and rules are the biggest differences between instances.
Bonus question: are there any good sources for learning more about the Fediverse? I've found these links so far:
https://opensource.com/article/23/3/tour-the-fediverse - Gives a decent explanation of the Fediverse. https://fediverse.party/ - Provides a link to different Fediverse instances, not specific to Reddit replacements.
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Pretty much choose the instance that has rules you agree with, the number of communities on an instance shouldn't be a factor because you can browse (and participate in) communities on other instances. Edit: Also, using some smaller instance might make the experience better for you, they're not as overloaded and thus faster.
It's interesting to hear that smaller instances might be faster. I saw some other posts about hosting your own instance for that reason, but I wasn't quite sure what they meant. I'll check out some smaller instances and see how that goes. Thank you!
If you want, you can join mine, lemmings.world! It's new, but I plan on hosting it long-term. As a bonus, you can proudly call yourself a lemming.