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Wayfarershaven.eu is focused on creating a space for inspiration, creativity, handwork, reading, learning, travel, etc. So we have everything from !fountainpens@wayfarershaven.eu to !heronebag@wayfarershaven.eu to !digitalnomads@wayfarershaven.eu to !cozyfantasy@wayfarershaven.eu.

Yup! I enjoy following this fun example: !theandrocollection@lemm.ee

This is what I use as a launcher tool when on Windows - it’s keyboard/search based and incredibly powerful. Definitely has a learning curve. https://executor.dk/

Thank you!

Same for wayfarershaven.eu - it’s a small server focusing on certain topics.

Open source encourages contributions so that it grows beyond the initial start: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source

Also, I remember when Android came out and needed to find its place among all of the custom operating systems. Making it open source so that everyone (including other manufacturers) could make it their own was a huge selling point.

Yes, you can - I do it by having my home instance as wayfarershaven.eu and being a mod for !asklemmy@lemmy.ml on Lemmy.ml

You can try reaching out to the instance admin to ask if you can be a mod for that community.

I was actually thinking Esperanto, but Vietnamese would be interesting, too. :D

There are lots of instances accepting sign-ups – here’s a good overview: https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

You can troubleshoot this through the process of elimination.

1. Don’t make any calls from home for a day or two. That’ll tell you if it’s something localized to your home/location or if it’s specific to your phone/contract.
2. Disable all extra technology like Bluetooth. That’ll tell you if it’s a Bluetooth or other connection. Ideally, turn off all extra connections beyond cellular. You could also try voice/video calls vs. phone data - I doubt this would matter, but it’s always the last thing that you check.
3. Break your house into a few different zones. If they comment on a conversation held it in one part of the home but not another, that’ll give you an idea if it’s location specific.

Probably not the most helpful tip, but how about taking this opportunity to learn another language?

Exactly. Here’s a great list to help people get started with choosing a different instance: https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

You’re paying for reliability, continuity, possibly a domain name which may give a sense of exclusivity. By joining a “free” server, you don’t actually have a contract or terms of service.

I went with Lemmy because:

• Rust is the faster and more modern language.
• Lemmy had more instances when I joined - I was concerned about spreading the load over multiple instances
• It was much easier to set up and maintain a new instance via an Ansible script
• The structure, look and feel and language felt more comfortable

At this point, I’d also include how much more mature the Lemmy codebase is, for example that the api is fully accessible.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with Kbin. You choose whatever works for you and we can all enjoy the Fediverse together.

Neat, I didn’t know that the /c notation would work. Let’s give this a try: /c/onebag@wayfarershaven.eu

Interestingly, it tries to auto-complete a username, likely due to the @

This still works better for me as it auto-completes the community name: !onebag@wayfarershaven.eu

Beehaw has also been transparent - interesting to be able to follow.

Yup - as the admin of a small instance, I plan to keep it small. I want to contribute the Fediverse but not have this become more than a hobby.

The concept of the Fediverse is horizontal rather than vertical growth - i.e. More smaller instances rather than increasing the capacity of the larger ones. We’re also seeing that Lemmy currently only scales to a certain degree. Right now, most instances are either covered by their admin because they’re so small that the cost is manageable or instances are setting up donations.

It’s conceivable that a business would set up an instance and charge for it - but I think it unlikely. A year town the road, though, who knows?

Welcome!

Looks like something is breaking the link and redirecting to a completely different site. Maybe an app or a plugin?

Lemmy should generally be straight forward: you click on a link and end up on that site.

Oh no - thanks for letting me know!

I’ve tested this on my own side, in a regular logged-in browser as well as in-private. I’m not sure what’s going wrong.