I signed up for so many fediverse instances that are open for registration. Yes, so many. Maybe around 10 to 30 instances; I didn’t count. But I’m sure there are many. Am I the only one who does this? 🤣 How many fediverse instances have you signed up for?
Just this one. The dbzer0 instance is run in a manner I agree with (as democratic as possible, many choices determined by community vote), run by an admin I respect (former top mod of r/piracy, developer of a number of software projects that significantly improve quality of life on the fediverse by killing CSAM and offering community based trust and verification of instances), has been around long enough that I have no concerns about it suddenly disappearing with no notice, and generally doesn’t defederate from other instances unless they’re pedo or nazi related (so I don’t need to be on multiple instances to get at the fediverse content I want to see).
Plus, at the end of the day, if the instance goes down, I’ll just create an account somewhere else. If I don’t remember one of the communities I was subscribed to then I can’t argue that it was all that important in the first place.
This one, kbin.melroy.org and that’s all I’m ever signing up for.
Thank you for using Mbin. And my only official server.
No, thank you for making it all happen.
I was on beehaw originally, then I switched to lemmy.world because I wanted to see the whole threadiverse, not just the parts that beehaw deigned to federate with, and now lemm.ee because it seems least likely to impulsively defederate, ban, or otherwise get in the way of me browsing Lemmy. Also it has downvotes. But I only ever used one at a time.
i have one account per distinct service i use, lemmy - mastodon - pixelfed. Not sure why you’d need so many accounts? to protect your highly unique nickname?
Same! One account per service!
I have 3 mastodon accounts, for different purposes. One personal, one more work focused, and one parody
Just the one right now. I haven’t really found a reason to sign up for more. I also really don’t want the added burden of maintaining multiple accounts. That sounds exhausting.
4 (kbin.social, kbin.run, kbin.earth, fedia.io) originally. 2 have closed already (kbin.social, kbin.run) which just leaves Kbin.earth and fedia.io
Maybe around 10 to 30 instances
but why?
Also, I have concerns that if I sign up for only one instance, that instance may shut down one day and I could lose all my data.
But are you evenly distributing your data amongst all your accounts right now (as in commenting/posting from all of them)? Because if not, your data would be lost if your main instance goes down anyway. What’s the point of the other accounts?
I can see that some instances have different rules and different kinds of names. So far, I have found that lemmy.world is the most reliable and general instance I can participate in. I discovered another instance called monyet.cc; the name looks funny. “Monyet” in Malay means “monkey.” That’s why I am currently awaiting their review to see if I can participate in that instance.
Only as many as I need for grouping my subscribed communities neatly. As there are no “multireddits” on Lemmy, your subscribed feed will be dominated by the popular communities, while all the small ones will be buried and forgotten. In order to solve that issue, I need a few accounts. If Lemmy grows, my need for accounts also grows. Maybe one day I’ll b have ten accounts.
Lemmy, Mastodon (but don’t care for it), Pixelfed
I also signed up to quite a few on Mastodon, Kbin (mbin), MissKey, Pixelfed, Lemmy, Loops. I did that to experience the local community. Some of those instances either ended, or became so horrific I deleted my account. I really only use 4 of them regularly.
Maybe 4? I was on kbin, then signed up on two mbin instances when Ernest had to leave. And I have one account on a random instance because I needed to PM someone over there and it was the only way to do so.
4 - Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed and Friendica
But do you actually have friends on friendica?
I try to stay on federated platforms that don’t require a social network effect from people I know irl.
Just the one i that host myself
Dos this mean you have some kind of server running at home? (sorry if it’s a silly question)
Awesome! 😎👍
Five on Lemmy, one each on Mastodon and Pixelfed (techincally two each, since I moved instances). So that’s seven in total. More if other Fediverse services capture my fancy.
Different interests require different accounts on different services. Not everything is served by lemmy e.g music, video, and blogs. Lemmy can’t do it all --> different accounts.
Agreed. 🙂👍
