As a new lemmy user I've got some question?
As a new lemmy user I've got some question?
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When I use the https://join-lemmy.org/instances do I need to register a new account for example beehaw.org, sopuli.xyz and other server?
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From this video https://youtu.be/UirZ9zPCGtQ?t=155 he said that I can see other communities from "all" so that includes like beehaw.org and more?
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What are some tips that I should know to enjoy lemmy?
edit* how do you turn off the lemmy notifications. It covers my screen.
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Also new to Lemmy, I have a question.
Is there any benefit to joining an Instance closer to your location (e.g. An Australian hosted instance vs one in Europe). I notice posts seem to be slow to load (could just be the jerboa app). I joined lemmy.world just because it was one recommended, but I'm not really close to it.
Is there any benefit to joining an Instance closer to your location (e.g. An Australian hosted instance vs one in Europe)
There is! Lemmy instances are generally going to be hosted from one geographic location, unlike a major corporate website like reddit that is likely to be hosted from multiple servers around the world. The closer the lemmy server is to you, the snappier and more responsive your experience will tend to be.
But there are other and larger factors, too. For one thing, if an instance is overloaded with more users than it can really handle, then that will more than outweigh the benefit of geographical proximity.
As things level out, though, and the increased traffic that lemmy instances are experiencing right now reaches a stable level, instance hosts should be able to adapt and overloading should become less of an issue. In the end I think you are likely to have the smoothest experience if you joined an instance whose server is located closer to you.