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It's not all federated together, Lemm.ee is more broadly federated than Lemmy.world, as an example. Lemm.ee can see Hexbear and Lemmygrad, you cannot, as a quick example. Federation and defederation policy dramatically impacts the experience.
Many instances are specialized, like Lemmygrad with Marxism-Leninism, slrpnk.net with Solarpunk, mander.xyz with science, Hexbear as a left-unity instance, etc. Browsing locally is a fun experience for those into the instance subject.
Some instances have only upvotes and no downvotes, some don't show vote totals period, or have other front-facing features. Some offer emojis, like Hexbear.net.
And more! All good reasons to put some thought in.
Wow, thank you! I didn't know it was like that. I also didn't know that what I was reading as nonsense slarpnik is "solaspunk" and I still have no idea what that is but I'll google it. Never heard of Mander either, want to check out whether that's useful to me. Thanks!
No problem! Solarpunk is an aesthetic-based social movement surrounding solar energy and climate activism, in a short descriptor. You can see the instance to see what I mean.
Here's a tool to find instances. I recommend sorting by most active, and checking whichever looks interesting to you.
Which would you say is the most neutral/ open to anything? Or I guess most federated?
Lemmy.zip is a common broadly federated instance I think, but really, I'd suggest looking into instances aligned most with the type of content you like to see.