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I created a repo on GitHub that has a table comparing all the known lemmy instances

Why?

When I joined lemmy, I had to join a few different instances before I realized that:

  1. Some instances didn’t allow you to create new communities
  2. Some instances were setup with an allowlist so that you couldn’t subscribe/participate with communities on (most) other instances
  3. Some instances disabled important features like downvotes
  4. Some instances have profanity filters or don’t allow NSFW content

I couldn’t find an easy way to see how each instance was configured, so I used lemmy-stats-crawler and GitHub actions to discover all the Lemmy Instances, query their API, and dump the information into a data table for quick at-a-glance comparison.

I hope this helps others with a smooth migration to lemmy. Enjoy :)

  • maltfield@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I see TypeScript and get scared. Personally, I do think that the join-lemmy.org/instances page should link to:

    1. My table comparison https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances
    2. The Lemmy Community Browser (to find communities across all instances) https://browse.feddit.de/
    3. The Lemmy Map https://lemmymap.feddit.de/
    4. The federation’s lemmy page (with another table comparing instances) https://the-federation.info/platform/73

    Can anyone with TypeScript experience make this PR for us? Here’s the relevant file:

    • abraxas@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      You thinking just a <ul> with the 4 links in it and a header of some sort? Mock or description or anything?

      • maltfield@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        I think at the top, just above the “Recommended” <h2> add:

        For a more detailed comparison of Lemmy instances, see:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances">Awesome-Lemmy-Instances on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://the-federation.info/platform/73">the-federation.info Lemmy Instances Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lemmymap.feddit.de/">Feddit's Lemmymap</a></li>
</ul>

After you create an account, you can find communites across all instances using <a href="https://browse.feddit.de/">Feddit's Lemmy Community Browser</a>

<h2>Recommended</h2>
...
    • Barbarian@lemmy.reckless.devEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      abraxas said he was a typescript vet just earlier, maybe we can coax him into having a look? xD

      Worth a shot at least.

      EDIT: Just shot him a message

      • abraxas@lemmy.mlEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Unfortunately I also have very little free time. If you’re not in a hurry and nobody does it before me, I can take a look. Wish I could set a reminder in Lemme. Anyone code the remindme bot yet? LOL.

        !remindme 1 week

        EDIT: Well shit, yes the deadline for a lot of things is next monday isn’t it. Lemme see if I can squeeze in a little time tomorrow morning or evening, if one of my jobs isn’t overwhelmingly crazy, I might be able to. It’s just adding a few links in the “Lemmy Servers” body text? Any UI standard?

        I’m a TS vet, but green on lemmy UI design.

          • abraxas@lemmy.mlEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Updated my original message. If I can make time, I need a little more precise info about what/where on the links. It looks like a short enough PR as long as I know exactly what the links should look like

    • smartwater0897@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s better with less choices for beginners actually. I remember a lot of people didn’t get started on mastadon because they were afraid to pick an instance.

      It’s almost so it would be good if this could just be a checkbox “pick a good instance for me” and it would pick a medium populated instance from the list.