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What is the point of small instances? (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago by gicagaf805@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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They come and go. They're random clutter. We only need a few big instances that hosts a majority of the communities and that's it. Why do we need so many smaller ones?

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[-] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 11 months ago

I run an instance focused on the needs of trans and gender diverse folk, because big instances run by cis folk tend not to deal with transphobia as well as I would like.

Centralised instances not dealing with transphobia is why I left most other social media platforms, so you can imagine I'm keen not to just repeat that experience here

[-] shea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 months ago

that's literally the exact reason i left Reddit, before all the recent drama even. it's just so toxic

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