• Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    3 hours ago

    I like the idea, but people have said several times that choosing an instance is a barrier for them.

    I usually go with

    "Lemmy has 42k monthly active users

    Feel free if you have any questions"

    • guaraguaito@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 hours ago

      Yeah I think I elaborated too much. Let’s just keep recommending small instances — because the current centralisation on world sucks.

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        59 minutes ago

        I’ve been thinking of switching instances.

        But I think part of the problem is the domain names on so many instances are so odd. Lemmy.world is very clean and easy to tell someone verbally, as opposed to say sopudi.xvz or dbzer0 or blahaj.zone.

        I suppose “discuss.online” isn’t such a bad name. And “midwest.social” but people who are not in the Midwest might not feel like they identify with that geographically.