I signed up for so many fediverse instances that are open for registration. Yes, so many. Maybe around 10 to 30 instances; I didn’t count. But I’m sure there are many. Am I the only one who does this? 🤣 How many fediverse instances have you signed up for?
I also signed up to quite a few on Mastodon, Kbin (mbin), MissKey, Pixelfed, Lemmy, Loops. I did that to experience the local community. Some of those instances either ended, or became so horrific I deleted my account. I really only use 4 of them regularly.
Maybe around 10 to 30 instances
but why?
Also, I have concerns that if I sign up for only one instance, that instance may shut down one day and I could lose all my data.
I can see that some instances have different rules and different kinds of names. So far, I have found that lemmy.world is the most reliable and general instance I can participate in. I discovered another instance called monyet.cc; the name looks funny. “Monyet” in Malay means “monkey.” That’s why I am currently awaiting their review to see if I can participate in that instance.
Five on Lemmy, one each on Mastodon and Pixelfed (techincally two each, since I moved instances). So that’s seven in total. More if other Fediverse services capture my fancy.
I was on beehaw originally, then I switched to lemmy.world because I wanted to see the whole threadiverse, not just the parts that beehaw deigned to federate with, and now lemm.ee because it seems least likely to impulsively defederate, ban, or otherwise get in the way of me browsing Lemmy. Also it has downvotes. But I only ever used one at a time.
Maybe 4? I was on kbin, then signed up on two mbin instances when Ernest had to leave. And I have one account on a random instance because I needed to PM someone over there and it was the only way to do so.
One on my self-hosted Lemmy, one on my self-hosted Mastodon and one on a different Lemmy instance for stuff where I want to be a bit more anonymous than with a nickname that I use on so many platforms.
i have one account per distinct service i use, lemmy - mastodon - pixelfed. Not sure why you’d need so many accounts? to protect your highly unique nickname?
Same! One account per service!
I have 3 mastodon accounts, for different purposes. One personal, one more work focused, and one parody
Different interests require different accounts on different services. Not everything is served by lemmy e.g music, video, and blogs. Lemmy can’t do it all --> different accounts.
Agreed. 🙂👍
I mainly use three Lemmy accounts. Sections content/themes.
I signed up for… maybe 8 Lemmy, maybe 12 Fediverse things?
Just the one i that host myself
Dos this mean you have some kind of server running at home? (sorry if it’s a silly question)
Awesome! 😎👍
My main Lemmy account on jlai.lu where I got all my subs, another one on another instance I only use to admin a community over there (there is less bugs when using a local account over a remote one), and one Mastodon account that I almost never use—it’s just, I don’t know, maybe it’s an age thing (50+) but I’m not that interested in receiving constant flow of short messages, even less so when said messages are so often emotional and/or polemical (as a general rule, I try to stay away from anger and resentment).
I have a few more accounts on various platforms I tried here and there and decided to not use. So, I would say those don’t count.
You’re not alone. It happens! I’m around the 10 mark I think.
I see… 🙂 I’m glad I’m not alone, and I will continue to find the most reliable instance that aligns with me and complements my identity. 🙂
Three here.
