Sh.itjust.works and lemmy.zip, not sure if shitjustworks is general purpose actually
this post was submitted on 04 Jun 2025
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But yeah I signed up for multiple before so id have aged accounts in case my main one went away
The Voyager app now defaults to lemmy.zip. I really like sh.itjust.works fwiw.
I'm thinking between Zip and db0... I can't decide 😁
I was too comfortable with lemme.ee (AKA less drama overall than your favorite Lemmy instance) but now I need to deal with this...
Well, I knew from the beginning, that the fediverse works this way, if any we should be grateful we were given a good window to migrate (former fmhy user here lol), and honestly it makes sense, each instance can't last forever... Not even big sites like Reddit will.
I also can vouch for sh.itjust.works. They have a fair defederation policy and has only gone down a couple times in the two years I’ve been using it. When it has the admin has been quick to address it and provides updates via a matrix chat.
The one downside is that some more niche domains have ~~degenerated~~ defederated (thanks autocorrect) from us due to the open enrolment we have (beehaw comes directly to mind). I recall someone linking a website that tracked what servers are federated with each other but I can’t find it now unfortunately.
I recall someone linking a website that tracked what servers are federated with each other but I can’t find it now unfortunately.
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One thing you should do is grab your data for easy moving, you haven't already.
Assuming you're using the default Lemmy web UI (not Voyager, or Photon, or a mobile app, or whatever), click on your username in the top right, and select "Settings".
On the settings page, there's a section called "Import/Export Settings". Click the "Export" button and let your browser download the file.
Then, when you switch instances, you can go into the same Settings page on the new instance, select the file you downloaded, and hit "Import" and you will automatically be resubscribed to the communities you subscribed to.
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If you have a favorite community you might take a look at the instance they’re hosted out of.
Beyond that, my general advice is to sort Lemmy instances by number of active users, then pick one that’s somewhere between the 10th and 20th largest.
db0 is pretty good
oh, I assumed it was a community for Dragon Ball Z fans.
Communities about Anarchism, Generative AI, Copylefts, Neurodivergence, Filesharing, and Free Software.
This sounds like me. Well, apart from the generative AI thing. Let's see what the dominant stance on it is first
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Power hungry admin and uber cringe ai content, pass
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