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jointhefediverse.net - Why was Lemmy removed from the list of fediverse alternatives? (github.com)

submitted 19 hours ago by teohhanhui@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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jointhefediverse.net seems to be a commonly linked resource for directing people to join the Fediverse.

Curiously, it does not list Lemmy under the list of Reddit alternatives. Their GitHub README explains why.

Previous relevant discussion: https://lemmy.ml/post/78808

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[-] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 points 17 hours ago

Generally fair point. My issue though is that most people will just go to this website and won't consider other lists or websites, viewing this as the definitive list of Fediverse alternatives. Someone not putting someone's software on their website isn't technically censorship, true (this is the other coin of free speech), it does effectively censor Lemmy from the general conversation about Fediverse alternatives.

[-] haverholm@kbin.earth 2 points 8 hours ago

Do most people go to jointhefediverse, though? Honest question, I don't know the site's traffic stats vs fediverse.to or fediverse.party (which both show up way above jointhefediverse in my duckduckgo search). It's not like an authoritative index or search engine blackballed Lemmy, it is literally about a single grassroots site.

[-] realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 hour ago

It's the first one I always see whenever I look up lists of Fediverse alternatives and I always end up on the site. I use fedidb.org but I don't use it to find Fediverse software.

[-] kat@orbi.camp 5 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Lemmy is bigger by a LOT (LIKE A LOT) than mbin and piefed. So don't see how Lemmy is losing the strong grip it already has on this type of fediverse. Heck, google reddit alternatives and Lemmy is also king.

This change on that site was in 2023. It's 2025. So it has not impacted Lemmy's user base.