Hi all,

I’m new to lemmy and this whole setup, so apologies in advance if this is a stupid question, but I’m trying to work out which instance I should base myself in.

Much like Mastodon, lemmy seems to have the ‘ALL’ view, which as far as I understood it, would pull in all posts from every other lemmy instance. I’ve looked at this ALL view, however, on startrek.website, beehaw.org and lemmy.one, and the ALL view seems to be different for them all, and all with hugely different numbers of comments (smaller instances seems to have an ALL view with more posts with few comments).

Is my understanding of ALL wrong? Should I be looking for an instance that is popular, in order to get a better experience?

Thanks all!

  • RomanRoy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It is a blessing and a curse at the same time. But I’d honestly just block the subs I absolutely don’t want to see, as a user. But I also know some instances might grow to be very toxic.

    I know some things may be hell to administer (I agree on beehaw’s stance on it today), as long as it is not permanent. They said they’re mainly waiting for better modding tools in order to administer more effectively.

    • Sockenklaus@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yes I’m with you. I wouldn’t administer an instance even if they’d pay me…

      I can understand beehaw’s step from an administrator’s perspective but as a user I prefer an instance that lets me decide what content. I want and don’t want to see.