SDF is my favorite instance hands off, but I noticed it's way slower for me than other instances with inferior setup. I measured the time of loading posts and communities, and it's loading around 3-4 times slower than other instances. I am based in EU. Regardless, I will continue to use it, as I love you all here on SDF :)
Please try https://lemmy.sdfeu.org which is hosted in Düsseldorf Germany
Currently, it is impossible to register there (button is spinning forever). Trying from mobile now and will report in 5 minutes.
Same here, 12 hours after your comment. I guess I'll wait until they upgrade to Lemmy 0.18.
I'm there now! It turns out that even if the spinner was spinning, the account was actually created and I could log in.
Seems like it's also not federating with almost everything yet