Hey guys, I just made an account here after hearing that making an account on the lemmy instance nearer your location would improve loading times. It is true loading speeds are great but I am seeing only few of the communities from other instances. For example I can't find the [email protected] over here on monyet.cc
Why is that so?
The federation is quite wonky so you ought to try typing the whole url in the search bar, and try it a few times. First time i do this i tried searching for woodworking on lemmy world, have to try refreshing a few times before it connect.
Iirc someone mentioned that they have to copy the other instance into this server so you could visit it, maybe that's the reason it couldn't connect because it hasn't done copying yet. But once you done so, other people will have easier time visiting that community.
Ya i've thought about success in this kind of context too. Michael Schumacher is/was also similar.
Raw talent, was in the right place to develop that talent at the right age (nashville and europe), physical attributes (she's cute as a button. and he's light and fit enough to be competitive in carts), parents' support (and often, their wealth), mental fitness etc.
When someone has all these attributes it's stacking multiple compounding boosts and they become absurdly successful.
Q to the techies: would link clickthroughs from instances and just fedi in general be recognizable to the web admin of the news sites (for example)? Just thinking how soon before news and public sites notice (esp with twt being on fire, reddit being on its way too, and fb/ig being unnavigable) fedi visits and actually start reorienting themselves.
(It's so embarassing - I can find Indonesian media, Singaporean media and journalists, Filipino tak payah cakaplah - even their institutions and unis are coming onboard, even Thai news and public sector content in English! But Malaysia........ KWSP or khazanah got stock in twitter or what?)
Been using wefwef, it’s pretty slick. Very similar to Apollo. Just that lemmy.world, kbin.social and monyet.cc are still quite slow and underpopulated right now so not a lot of content.
Yup I know, still young rn, but hard to resist the urge to check Reddit haha. I keep opening my Apollo app out of habit. Will post eventually, but I’m usually more of a lurker hehe
For sure, the quality seems to have gone down over the blackout. Noticed quite a few regulars stopped commenting too and many new accounts filling the space ig?