Hey Reddit refugees! You may have noticed that kbin.social is taking forever to load because of all of the traffic it’s getting.
Luckily, there are a few other kbin instances that you can use right now! kilioa.org and fedia.io have recently popped up over the last few days, and they’re still running smoothly during the Reddit blackout. They’re also still federating with Lemmy, so you can see posts from beehaw.org and lemmy.ml (federation is currently disabled on kbin.social due to the cloudflare protection).
How is this going to work when links show up in Google? Let’s say I’m going to search for some “how to” guide on Google and the first result points to a post on Kilioa or any other fediverse instance, I will be redirected there where I didn’t sign up. Do I still need to sign up to different instances or copy the url to my instance?
I love the idea, but is this not practical at all, or am I missing something?
The “correct” answer currently would be to copy the link to the instance you have an account with if you want to interact with it.
I would expect that, as federated services get more traction and are inhabited by a larger proportion of non-hobbyists, these clunky areas will get more work. The majority of people using these services now are hobbyists and they’re willing to accept the jank for something that they want. Most “normal” people wouldn’t, but there haven’t been very many “normal” people in federated spaces yet - in no small part because of the jank being a barrier to entry.