100% agree. The system wasn’t designed to have a few massive instances…many, including myself, didn’t understand at first and thought Lemmy.world was… Lemmy… Much better to have dozens to hundreds of smaller ones and have a few accounts here and there. It’s probably good for people to realize no one controls the fediverse and separate themselves from the idea of even having a “home” instance for all uses. Maybe.

LW is likely the first of a few super instances. The next big migration from Reddit should be pointed at another instance prepared to handle the load.

If the fediverse grows and scales then instances the size of LW will probably be more common. People like to be where the other people are

I'm having issues registering on others atm. Lemmy.ml said it was closed when I attempted. Lemmy.dbzer0.com appeared ro let me sign up, sent me a verification email, which was accepted, but then every login attempt just cyclew and reloads for me. No error message. Reset password to verify that it was an account, got email, reset password successfully, then same thing.

For something I want to be casually doing, it's kinda annoying.

Edit: dbzer0 just needed time. I saw a mention of authorization, but I guess I just assumed that would happen before the verification email. My bad.

They probably could but if they do so without cause, then likely they will lose users and have others defederate from them, too.

I think when it's easier to migrate accounts between instances, were more likely to see more movement. I had an account on Lemmy.workd and this one. I was hesitant to abandon the world one as I'd already curated blocks and subscribes. It felt like starting over, doing so again elsewhere.

There are now tools to automate but it's not as simple as it should and likely will be and those tools aren't baked in.

I imagine that if that instance is flooded with new users and continues to grow, niche communities may become even more attractive as irrelevant content overpowers what many users want to see. It's also good that new users have a place like that to easily find content, even if it's broader than what will make for a long term community with adult discussion. Both kinds are good.

The only reason I picked Lemmy world is it was one of the listed communities on the Lemmy instance list. It listed by user numbers, so it's likely to stay there, if that website continues to be just a list of instances. The advice is to pick an instance that matches your interests, but few instances are purpose built for that. I'd want to trial Lemmy as a new user before doing that level of research.