So apologies if this is a stupid question as I’m new to Lemmy. Came from Reddit. I moved to lemmy.world and have noticed that lemmy.ml has been popping up as another featured instance. What differs from lemmy.world vs lemmy.ml? Is .ml more active?
Part of why I ask this is because I downloaded the lemmur client on my phone and it defaults to lemmy.ml. (Yes I’m aware that app is no longer being maintained)
Again apologies for the stupid question.
That’s going to be how it is for a bit. Everything is in a state of flux right now, people are pilling in, learning the platform, moderation is overwhelmed, and people that have long since been segregated on Reddit ar finding themselves having to put up with each other again.
What’s going to end up happening is one of the instances will become the predominant one, and it will end up being closed off from the others.
It’s because people aren’t coming here for the decentralization. They’re coming here to find a new reddit. The whole federated thing is great but I don’t see it meaning much in the long run. Centralization isn’t the result of corporations, it’s the result of people centralizing in one convenient location. it will happen here too. The defederalizing is essential, otherwise all instances would be beholden to the worst, and that would nuke the whole thing real fast.