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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 (1 children)

My best advice to people picking a server is to go with a regional one or one based on a hobby because your local feed should be manageable and somewhat relevant. you So I went with feddit.uk because it would give me UK-based news and topics (English-language places in the Web often default to America), plus there'd likely be a good dose of British humour which may not always travel well.and

So I reckon you picked well - if there are any topics you are interested in that don't appear in "local" you can always subscribe to them. We have a light defederation policy, so all the big instances are available from here, your subscribing to communities on other servers will drag the content over here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm only a month in to Lemmy, can you explain this bit for me?

subscribing to communities on other servers will drag the content over here.

Like OP I joined feddit.UK as a Brit it seemed the most fitting.

I tent to just view my subbed list and only sporadically come on to local to see what's happening on the instance.

I definitely get the Reddit vibe on my subbed feed.

Are you saying above that what I sub to that is in other instances comes here somehow?

Sorry for being a bit thick

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No need to apologise, it can be a bit confusing initially and it is good to ask questions.

All I meant there was that, for example, the main Fediverse community is on .world:

https://lemmy.world/c/fediverse

But if you are on feddit.uk, the content from that community is pulled over here, so you are actually viewing it on feddit.uk's servers, so you are actually viewing:

https://feddit.uk/c/[email protected]

Any comments and upvotes done on here, then get sent out to all the other instances, so everyone is seeing their local copy but The Magic of the Fediverse ensures they are all synced.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ahh that makes sense.

Thank you 😀

I'm certainly enjoying Lemmy so far and think I'm getting to grips with it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Welcome here!

Those two communities can help you settle in