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>>dredmo+(OP)
https://lemmy.ml OR https://lemmy.world and https://kbin.social and are quite nice. Been posting there myself and it is great.

Lemmy is having some stability issues across its instances because of this growth curve: https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/693866c7-8f65-4046-8781-58aee70...

>>bhoust+xb
What are the differences? Who runs these instances? Is there any moderation, or is it just the messy wild west?

>>SpaceM+vE
An instance is a server. Server administrators set the policy for creating new user accounts and new communities. This is the equivalent of a Reddit admin.

Since it's part of the Fediverse, a user on one instance/server can subscribe to a community on any federated instance, and make posts/comments/etc. You don't need a separate account on every instance.

Communities are typically moderated by the user(s) who created them, much like moderators of a specific subreddit.