Title says it all!? I’m a reddit refuge and picked this instance because it’s A) Canadian (I’m in MN, so consider myself an honorary Canadian), and B) The clean energy thing.

Applied to Beehaw but never heard back. Dittos on Lemmy.ML!

So hoping this is going to be a great “home” away from Reddit for the foreseeable future.

Cheers, and well done on the instance, admins!

  • this@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I have no way to prove this story since I burned my reddit account, but I might as well share: when I was checking out lemmy for the first time I got both a beehaw and a lemmy.ml account(both were a pain to wet up) and both had serious reliability issues(this was right after the API announcement). I was looking on reddit to try and find more info about other instances then I found a comment chain with a couple of guys, one said he had a server, the other said he had the domain itjust.works and was looking for a subdomain. I though about it for a moment, and in a moment of sheer smartassery I suggested sh.itjust.works. not long after I saw in the comment chain that they went with my suggestion and put the server up lmao. At that point I knew they were chill, so I made an account on here as soon as I saw that it had gone up, and it’s been rock solid ever since.

    Edit: as @TheDude and others have pointed out, this happened here on the lemmy.ml instance, not reddit. It seems my memory is at fault lmao. I’m going to keep the rest of this comment unedited because its a good story anyways, but yea, I was wrong about where it happened. I’m glad I was wrong tho since i t means I still have that account, lol.

  • manifex@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    I’ll chime in as a newly minted mod…. Well implemented enterprise infrastructure supported by a team of experienced infrastructure guys, mods, techies, etc.

    It handles all the loads.

  • SeaOfTrees@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for hosting this instance. Apart from the great name and the chill environment, this is the first instance that let me sign in without issues or infinitely spinning buttons. Also it looks like this one has better server capacity compared to other instances!

    I was mainly a lurker in reddit, but will try to be more active here.

    • gibbedygook@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I had the same experience. I almost didn’t make it onto the lemmyverse - I tried lemmy.ml and beehaw, didn’t get let in / tried to log in too soon after I applied, then forgot about it.

      Any site with an application process is going to turn away a lot of people.

      • Dogeek@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Hard agree, I started with beehaw, saw that it has an application process, and I didn’t even bother.

        The fact that they defederated from this instance says a lot about them too.

        • SmurfDotSee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          The fact that they defederated from this instance says a lot about them too.

          Exactly. I’ve got an account there, but i view it as basically useless now.

          They’re way too uptight about a lot of shit to be an open forum of discussion.

  • lee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    The name and the fact that it does just work. I registered and immediately had an account unlike some other instances.

  • ThoreauIsCool@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I also joined cause of the domain name. Silly just like the early 2000s internet. The admin and everyone on here seems really laid-back and cool.

  • April@fedia.io
    2·
    2 years ago

    “this instance” :) I see you’re on sh.itjust.works. I’m currently posting from fedia.io. Theoretically all the “fediverse” instances should interact with one another.

  • Zeppo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    The icon of the happy lemming does it for me.

    I appreciate the ‘Honorary Canadian’ bit, too… I used to live in Duluth and have said the same myself!

    • manifex@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oooooooh Jeez. I went to college in the sin cities and have been up to the boundary waters… I’d say you are one for sure!___

  • Disaster@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    So far the atmosphere here seems far more cooperative and optimistic… like a certain other place circa 2008.

    I’m liking it, it’s a breath of fresh air and I’d forgotten that smell.

    @TheDude@sh.itjust.works - Keep commercial interests / astroturfing etc. off this place like our lives depend on it!