Just reaching out for suggestions, it's not often I get people converted to the fediverse but when I do I'm a bit short on suggested instances, especially in variety.
As it stands I've got my own instance, which runs Friendica. But because I'm a nerd who craves all the options at once and will sacrifice some user-friendliness for it, it's good for me not for most users.
Aside from that, I've got lgbtqia.space which is a wonderful Mastodon server I started out on in the fediverse. But obviously leaves me fumbling when helping the rare few friends who aren't in the alphabet.
I'd like suggestions of other open instances (aside from the mega instances like mastodon.social) that I can direct people to, especially of different platforms so they have a little more choice in their experience.
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in reply to Shiri Bailem • • •I do have this in my instances about:
But that's to deter randos who find my instance through my GitHub or similar from requesting to join (which has been an issue in the past). If there's someone who's on the fediverse willing to vouch for new users, the existing account requirement can easily be waived. I will still need a DM prior to allowing someone to sign up because I'll have to generate an invite, but yeah.
As far as other general-purpose instances, there's also tech.lgbt, which is very much open to allies and the like, last I checked, and ones like shonk.social, which is the flagship Sharkey instance (aside from transfem.social).
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in reply to Julia :v_bi: • •@Julia :v_trans: :v_bi: thank you for the extra suggestions as well!
Honestly I feel like I can potentially convert some people to the fediverse by just telling them they can be @eepy.moe because it's the most adorable domain name ever
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