Please ignore

Things to know about:

• instances can defederate and block other instances. I don’t really like that decision being made for me. There was a website to help check (input an instance and it tells you which others have defederated). I forget the website now, but I used it to check around before signing up.

• an instance can die. Lemm.ee was a pretty big instance and the maintainer didn’t have time anymore. So the plug was pulled and that’s the post and comment history gone and start a search for a new instance. So worth looking for something that doesn’t hinge on one or 2 individuals to avoid this.

• might also be worth looking at where the server is to see what sort of privacy issues that causes.

People would like Lemmy to be successful and think federated platforms are great, but they do come with drawbacks alongside the strengths and it’s not easy for normies to navigate.

At the end of the day, you don’t have to overconpkicate things and you’re likely going to be fine signing up to Lemmy.world

I still like tech and like making things too. Really glad I made my gaming PC and server before this current hardware crisis. I keep to areas not affected by AI or hardware problems. I made a bunch of mechanical keyboards/macropads, hitbox leverless fight controllers, etc. I want to make an emulation arcade machine for my kids but AI induced RAM crisis has made that difficult. Want to dabble in home automation too but I’ll wait till I have the time to take that on. The more hardware modding I can do and the more woodwork I can incorporate, the better.

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