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We actually had a quick adjustment when we launched and immediately changed the name of the instance after the Pixelfed dev contacted us about the domain. You can see the pinned comment here: https://lemmy.ca/post/39411782
As for why both instances exist
We both launched around the same time. I think this is their launch post, which had it about a month before we launched https://cosocial.ca/@mwdawson/113839618312626769 By the time I learned about that instance, we already set up pixelfed.ca and were preparing to launch
I think there's an advantage to having more choices available to users. Also lemmy instance admins often help each other out, and I'm sure it'll be the same with pixelfed :)
Cool! As long as there wasn't some deep ideological divide, that would make me want to swing one way or another.
Thanks for the input.
Pixelfed also has a bit of a different approach on scaling. It favors a larger number of smaller instances, as a way to distribute the load of hosting the photos.
A default config is limited to 1000 users.