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Which Server to Pick (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey everyone. I'm a new to Lemmy after making a start to remove myself from big tech. Sorry if the questions are basic. First question is- how to choose which server as your 'home'. I chose feddit because I'm from the UK, but I live abroad- does that mean I should chose one only from the country I live in? And if you use a VPN does it matter anyway?

I came from reddit and it's not anywhere near as good unfortunately and obviously there are far fewer people on here, but I'm here to stay so want to make the best of it. TIA

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The geography of your home instance only matters if you decide you care about it.

No VPNs needed.

I'm using an account on a finnish instance, currently hosted in germany (used to be in Finland, but the admin moved to get a better deal on the hardware running it).

The only practical difference what instance your account is on makes, is what other instances it federates with.

That might matter depending on what you want to access, but it probably doesn't. Any reputable instance federates with all other reputable ones, while blocking the disreputable ones.

AFAIK, feddit.uk is a perfectly good choice.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Can confirm this is a very good instance. Admin team is competent, we seemingly have a decent level of funding going through donations to keep things afoat, and in general things flow nicely in a no nonsense way.

And you can of course always switch to another instance (with some effort in migrating your settings) in the unlikely event something starts bothering you in this particular shire.