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It’s very much the reddit of Lemmy in that regard.

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For astronomy there is [email protected]. The communities on mander.xyz are STEM focussed and usually well moderated.

You could also try

As for the instance, stay wherever you feel most comfortable. I have a few alts on other instances, including lemmy.world. You're also free to move later if you decide to.

If it helps I am based in the UK.

You can also check out the instance / communities at

https://feddit.uk/

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Lemmy.world, by political ideology, is most similar to old Reddit. Namely, you're most likely going to find generally-left-of-center people. Several other instances (namely lemmy.ml) are known for being significantly more left-leaning, basically hard communist.

As is tradition for left-leaning people, there's a lot of infighting. .world people think that .ml people are tankies. .ml people think that .world people are corporate bootlickers. Both sides accuse the other of heavy-handed censorship.

Basically, I wouldn't worry about it. It's just your standard leftism infighting.

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My recommended are:

lemmy.dbzer0.com

sh.itjust.works

lemmy.ca

sopuli.xyz

If it helps I am based in the UK.

feddit.uk seems like a great fit, your fellow compatriots are on there

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Feddit.uk is good if you’re in the UK. Then you can switch to Local and see lots of UK stuff.

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I've rarely seen people of the left on lemmy.world. Not never, just rarely

Not sure if you're talking about vibes like US Democrats voters or something

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A small list of cool instances:

lemmy.blahaj.zone : chill place and people, LGBT and especially trans friendly
hexbear.net : very active and friendly instance that used to be separate from Lemmy. Most people are very various lefties
lemmy.ml : generalist instance, moderated by the devs of Lemmy. It is not marketed as a left instance but some socialists join there because of the .ml (Marxism Leninism)

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Lemm.ee: It's the Switzerland of the fediverse.

The Operations Team are a stand-up group. Their focus is on delivering stability.

You'll basically get access to all content (and all "features", like up-vote and down-vote - I'm looking at you beehaw).

What I've heard from other people is that they want automagic curated content... so you won't find that a lemm.ee, but for me - I'm happy to find the content that's meaningful to me.

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People frown upon lemmy.world because it's a politically American center-right instance on a leftist social media platform that bans leftist discourse via defederation.

If your politics align w them and you don't mind them deciding what you can and can't see on your behalf, you'll do fine there.

I switched from lemmy.world because of that and switched to an instance that doesn't make a habit of defederating from the most active instances (ie hexbear) and there's also another center-right instance named lemm.ee that also doesn't defederate.

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This person unwittingly provides an excellent example of why many dislike .ml users.

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Yeah, and you can just subscribe to the astronomy communities that are on other instances.

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Stop moving the political compass leftward

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Discuss.online has near 100% uptime and is very fast

The administrators are p. Cool, they're a good community

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"Why don't you communists try to be more conservative?"

That's a wild suggestion that I've never seen before lol

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Don't worry about it. If you don't post anything they disagree with (and most people don't), you will not be annoyed by them.

If you have only mainstream opinions, you will be fine.

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You cab join any instance.

In the UK there is feddit.UK which you should definitely checkout!

Or you can spin your own instance too.

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Yeah I don't agree with Lemmy world censorship as well and that's why I spinned my own instance. The beauty of a federated environment

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Because they calmly explain their reasons?

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+1 for lemm.ee. The admin team is awesome, the instance is very stable, and the users are pretty chill. It’s like the meme where there’s a guy with a bong while the other people (aka the 2-3 biggest instances) are fighting.

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Um, no? Stop centering your political compass around a new center, where to you current leftists look rightwing according to it

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