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or even be a top result when you search google? like reddit posts

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No, not unless the “choose an instance” problem at sign-up is resolved.

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Its already solved, you get an automatic instance suggestion here: join-lemmy.org

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@fireweed@lemmy.world in asklemmy · Mar 05, 2026

A roulette wheel of random instances is certainly a solution, but it’s not a great one, given that there are substantial differences between instances that could potentially impact a user’s fediverse experience, such as who they’re defederated from, whether they allow nsfw or downvotes, etc…

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Well that would lump all user into one instance. Costs of that instance would be huge, leaving the owner to seek out ways of monetizing the whole thing. Downtime and disruptions would then also impact

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Then choose one at random. Or make a register page that lets you search for one using tags. I genuinely don’t think this is hard, it just takes someone putting the time in.

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Have a “sorting hat” that will assign people to an instance based on their interests could be good.

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@fireweed@lemmy.world in asklemmy · Mar 05, 2026

Not even interests per se, but rather qualities of the instances like: do you want nsfw blocked? do you want downvotes enabled? do you want more or less defederation from potentially objectionable instances? etc Basically all the features that invalidate the “just pick an instance, bro, it doesn’t really matter” argument.

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or even be a top result when you search google? like reddit posts

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@fireweed@lemmy.world in asklemmy · Mar 05, 2026

No, not unless the “choose an instance” problem at sign-up is resolved.

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@fireweed@lemmy.world in comicstrips · Jan 14, 2026

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As someone who remembers Dilbert as one of the biggest players on the comics page of 1990s newspapers and loved the strips (even though as a kid I didn’t really appreciate a lot of the office humor), this hits hard on so many levels. Scott Adams, you could have stayed a great, but now your legacy is that of a MAGA loser with an AI obituary.

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