I wonder how many people we're gonna lose over this, because I for one, spent time blocking what I wanted to, to curate my feed, and it took time. I already migrated once, I'm not gonna do it again because some people can't realize how toxic it's going to be when they federate with us.

I see a lot of people saying they'll just switch instances but haven't seen anyone say they'll just jump ship, am I alone ? Or maybe I'm missing an option that would allow me to transfer all my settings from one instance to another ?

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[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 68 points 11 months ago (21 children)

I see a lot of people saying they'll just switch instances but haven't seen anyone say they'll just jump ship, am I alone ?

I have switched instances a lot. I don't like the idea of other people curating my feed.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 27 points 11 months ago (13 children)

I made my own instance for this reason.

[–] lastjinn@lemmings.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it expensive? Considering doing it myself

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I had a spare computer that I installed Linux on a while back, but wasn't using it for much at the time. If set up like that, all you would pay for is the electricity, which is very low if you're only running Lemmy, probably only a couple of US dollars a month. You could probably run it on a raspberry pi, tbh.

Personally, I have solar panels that power my whole house. So it's free for me.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Personally, I have solar panels that power my whole house. So it's free for me.

The dream. I want to do this too when I buy my house, but living in northern Scandinavia makes it hard to run off solar during the winter.

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I live relatively close to the equator (Texas), so it's actually better for me in the winter because I don't need to run the AC.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Texas?! Only steers and queers come from Texas, Private Cowboy, and you don't look much like a steer to me, so that kinda narrows it down!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Because the panels absorb/reflect the light? Or how does that work?

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what you mean, but I just meant that because I use about a quarter of the electricity in the winter while still generating about 90% as much electricity, I end up selling a ton of electricity back to the grid, building up credits that I can use for cloudy days in the spring.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ah okay, I get you. That's an excellent system.

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago

because it's not as hot in the winter

[–] lastjinn@lemmings.world 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks, I appreciate the insight 😊 you’re setup sounds very well thought out and I respect it 🍻

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