Now that smaller instances are disappearing, which instances do you think will stand the test of time? - eviltoast

I had an account on lemmy.one and now the instance has been down for a day or two so I made this new account. I also heard other small instances are dead or disappeared.

So which ones do you think will actually stick around for a long time?

ALSO, does anyone know how to get my subscriptions from lemmy.one and import it here? TIA!

  • mookulator@wirebase.org
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    1 year ago

    It’s true that several instances (the ones hosted in Mali?) closed, but I think you’re premature in saying the smaller instances are disappearing, Lemmy.one included.

    Sure, they’re bound to crash or go down for maintenance from time to time, but that doesn’t mean they’re finished. So far my experience has been that if you give it a couple days they’ll be back. Keep in mind these are shoestring operations and sometimes seeing major influxes of users.

    • Wu9fee@lemmy.caOP
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      1 year ago

      I don’t know. My friend was in another instance and he said it’s gone now and went back to Reddit.