That’s always been the burning question for me. Why choose one over the other? What kind of attributes should I look at to do informed comparisons? Like server uptime, number of users, which instances they’ve federated with (or not federated with)…
And how and where can I see all this in one place? If it’s truly interchangeable, which it really isn’t, then why not have a single unified web front (which makes it more like a distributed service) to reduce confusion for most normal users?
I feel like having a preference kind of defeats the point?
I thought they were supposed to be interchangeable?
It’s the communities yours supposed to care about.
That’s always been the burning question for me. Why choose one over the other? What kind of attributes should I look at to do informed comparisons? Like server uptime, number of users, which instances they’ve federated with (or not federated with)…
And how and where can I see all this in one place? If it’s truly interchangeable, which it really isn’t, then why not have a single unified web front (which makes it more like a distributed service) to reduce confusion for most normal users?
Lemmy.world is noticeably slower and prone to have issues compared to the smaller instances for me.
the instance I’m on seems to be performant enough :)