I understand the downside of all/local filtering being less useful on smaller instances, but I don’t use those anyway, so would be curious about a couple of things if anyone has advice:

How would you go about choosing an instance assuming reliability/speed was all you cared about?
Is there somehow a way to transfer the topics I subscribe to/content I’ve submitted to a new instance, or would I basically just be starting over if I switched?

[–] CheshireSnake@lemdit.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Of course location is not a guarantee of fast speeds, but you can at least check servers nearby with https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map. I guess you can check for uptime to have an idea about reliability, but I never really relied on that. Shit happens (vlemmy comes to mind) so it's hard to gauge an instance's future reliability/stability. You have the option to start your own instance as well.
https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim

[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is great, thank you!

[–] CheshireSnake@lemdit.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hope you find the right instance for you. Welcome to lemmy!

[–] Reborn2966@feddit.it 3 points 1 year ago