YSK: If you want faster and less buggy User experience, move to a smaller instance that is hosted close to you.

I have been using Lemmy for 20 days, at first I opened an account at Lemmy.world because you can join without writing a text and waiting approval. I have been enjoying the experience overall but despite the admin teans best efforts Lemmy.world has been experiencing some serious performance issues. If you want to avoid that join a smaller instance, preferably hosted in your country. I joined discuss.tchncs.de today and everything is so much faster it has added benefit of being able to see beehaw.org posts too. It will improve not only your but all other Lemmy.world users experience too.

LemmyLeaveReddit,

Could an instance be hosted inside an app? In a container locally on your own machine? Maybe the two could be synced? One instance across all your devices synced?

That would be the safest?

theRealBassist,

As I understand it, you can host your own instance off a personal server, and use that as your “home” instance.

proudblond,

Do you have any advice on how to find one? Especially the “local to you” part?

varaki,
@varaki@lemmy.world avatar

You can check this list and find an instance hosted in/close to your country.

proudblond,

Thank you!!

Dr_Cog,
@Dr_Cog@mander.xyz avatar

Useful. From this I find my instance is hosted in Russia. I should probably find another one closer to me

gudtgwhzf,

Great advice. One thing to look out for is the language settings under the profile on that instance though. I also signed up to a new instance and my feed seemed less populated and more outdated. I noticed that the languages that I read were not checked in the profile. Once I changed this the experience was significantly better.

wqzwqz,

Is moving instances a thing or would you need to sign up from scratch?

RecursiveDescent,

Currently Lemmy doesn’t support account migrating but it is technically possible afaik. It might get added in future but currently you have to sing up from sracth. Hovewer I would say having a Lemmy.world account in addition is probably a good call.

ALERT,
@ALERT@sh.itjust.works avatar

There’s a script already in development by an enthusiast sh.itjust.works/post/693061

firipu,

All fine and dandy, but don’t just pick a random one close to you. Don’t forget that the admin basically has all your info. So do your due diligence and make sure to check you agree with all their policies etc.

Dave,
@Dave@lemmy.nz avatar

Don’t forget that the admin basically has all your info

What info? Lemmy is a public forum - anyone can see anything you post. Many Lemmy instances don’t even require an email address to sign up.

nyakojiru,
@nyakojiru@lemmy.world avatar

Like if you are ginger or not

DrWeevilJammer,

Pfft - everyone knows you need a soul to get online

RecursiveDescent,

Yeah! of course when I say a small instance, I don’t mean a random instance with 10 users. You should check it out before you join. There is a lot of great instances with ~1000 users. Maybe should add it to the post.

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