Newbie here - just wondering if there are any advantages to signing up to other instances. We can still see/comment on posts from other instances, right? Or do I have that wrong?

Edit: thanks, everyone who responded! Got it.

  • rm_dash_r_star
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m signed up on four instances, lemm.ee, lemmy.one, lemmy.dbzer0.com, and lemmyonline.com. Right now I’m mainly using lemm.ee and lemmyonline.com as those perform the best for me. The reason I have four is from looking for the best performance and admin. Performance being in terms of the best ping, least hops, and best server response. Then there’s the instance settings and admin quality.

    Generally it’s good to have two login instances. That way if one goes offline you have an alternate.

    • Airazz@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Is there a way to merge them all into one, so I could see posts from all of them in one place? Like, both lemmy.world and lemm.ee have WhatCouldGoWrong communities. is there a way to somehow connect them?

    • ryan213@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Oh, OK, I get this now. I was on InfoSec before but that was really slow and was annoyed with the Lemmyverse. LOL Didn’t realize or even think about other instances.

      I’m on Lemmy.world now and it’s working fine.

      • rm_dash_r_star
        2·
        1 year ago

        Oh, I didn’t answer your other question. All instances share the same content (the Fediverse), so yes you can view and respond to the same content on lemmy.world as you do on any other instance. There is the issue of federation (linking and blocking of other instances), but I won’t get into that right now for fear of giving you information overload. For now you can assume all content is available on any instance. Once you get comfortable, look into the federation aspect further.