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yawn@lemm.ee 4 days agoRespectfully I would disagree with part of your message - it sounds a bit like you’re encouraging some degree of instance tribalism, but the whole beauty of Lemmy is that I can be a regular and full member of !something@lemmy.ca with my @lemm.ee account.
For new members, I would have the opposite advice - don’t pay too much attention to what instance a specific community is on. Just treat each community as its own entity and each person as an individual.
The reason I bring this up is that I think useless instance tribalism can be a real issue on Lemmy sometimes. I have seen statements too often along the lines of “oh you have an account on X instance, so I will just ignore you”.
Kichae@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
It’s not “instance tribalism”, it’s making sure the website you’re using isn’t just some dumb terminal, and preventing the network from collapsing down to “lemmy.world and some empty tributes”.
It’s creating a space that is resilient to network splits, and accepting the fact that, at some point down the road, network splits will happen.
It’s seeing the fediverse through a “Local+” lens, and encouraging people to treat their local site as meaningful. And rejecting the illusion that this is centralized social media.
Look for what you want on other sites. But there’s no reason to look off-site first, if what serves you is already hosted locally.