Lee Duna@lemmy.nzcake to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIt's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigrationold.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square503fedilinkarrow-up11.85Karrow-down130
arrow-up11.82Karrow-down1external-linkIt's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigrationold.reddit.comLee Duna@lemmy.nzcake to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square503fedilink
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoFor newcomers it’s not clear what the significance of choosing an instance is, so that makes it hard to choose, and those potential downsides of choosing the wrong instance are actually pretty significant, or at least pretty annoying.
minus-squarewillya@lemmyf.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoYes I understand this. I’m just trying to open up the conversation on what those negatives are for people to see.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI see. There aren’t other major negatives that come to mind, but those ones are very important.
For newcomers it’s not clear what the significance of choosing an instance is, so that makes it hard to choose, and those potential downsides of choosing the wrong instance are actually pretty significant, or at least pretty annoying.
Yes I understand this. I’m just trying to open up the conversation on what those negatives are for people to see.
I see. There aren’t other major negatives that come to mind, but those ones are very important.