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I'm asking new joiners because I know it can be confusing at first to see issues with content discoverability, instances unavailability, people migrating accounts, etc.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It's ok, except for when it's down. I assume it's something to do with .world

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy.world suffers from DDOS attacks for the last couple of days, hence the reason for downtimes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And last month as well. Just yesterday or before .world was down for sometimes.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah Sync hasn't gone done yet, it's been the instance which lately is lemmy.world being the target of DDoS attacks. When that happens I switch to an alternate account and things are running fine again, so it's not Sync related.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Try out a smaller instance, they'll still get .world content but will be less... Cumbersome

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good to hear! Regarding the availability, you might want to change to another instance temporarily. You can use https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim to move your subscriptions and blocked instances.

In terms of suggestions, the choice depends on where you are located (for latency issues). Most of the regional instances (lemmy.ca, feddit.de, feddit.uk, midwest.social etc.) are usually good choices.

For generalist instances, Lemm.ee, reddthat.com and sh.itjusts.works are usually solid choices

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy.sdf.org is another general instance I'd recommend. It's run by the Public Access Unix non-profit org.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, very nice indeed

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sign up for another instance that federates with .world.

I had the same issue you did so I signed up on another instance I liked and now I can browse even when .world is down.