I thought it was because lemmy.ml closed registrations?

My original account is on lemmy.ml, but then I made this one on hexbear.net which now I use as my main, and I remember lemmy.ml was open long enough so I was able to create mine right before majority left reddit and then they were closed as it really spiked. I'm not sure if lemmy.ml registrations are open again but when most people were seeking to join Lemmy and lemmy.ml was closed then it seemed like lemmy.world was the default by default.

I started there during the Great Reddit Migration. Made a few arguments against general censorship, and was downvoted to hell and back. Left when they blocked the piracy sub. Never looked back.

It's a containment instance to keep the kids busy.

The lemmy.ml devs encouraged Ledditors to go there and a few other places instead.

I picked it because I liked the name.

During the "critical phase" it was simply a lot more reliable than lemmy.ml with less downtime and faster response times so people switched to it. It also has a less strict policy on NSFW content - something that a lot of people want in their daily online time.

I started on kbin. The content I was enjoying was all from lemmy.world so when I ditched kbin I just came over here.

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Because I joined it and they followed.