What are some of your favourite niche or hobby-based Lemmy instances, and which ones should be avoided at all costs? (lemmy.world)

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Automod bugged out and banned me forever from reddit, i want to explore more Lemmy now but am not sure if Im missing anything good im not directly looking for--i am also kinda autistic and oblivious so if there are instances with a bad history or full of chuds or something a heads up would be swell

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[-] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

A lot of the moderation that causes users public grief are usually just timeouts. Arguments over politics and ideology, etc quite often catch folks a timeout. Folks will debate a two day ban for a week.

And with the Fediverse: many community moderators are also admins of instances.

So with that in mind: moderation policies quickly convert drama between users to drama between instances.

this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2026

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