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I actually really enjoy this, it’s really cool to login each day and only see UK specific content in a similar style of the subreddits of old, and with most of the features of Reddit. Previously I had to have them with a multi reddit, but my home page was full of world wide content.

I like that due to federation I can still look at content from around the world but it’s not my default experience. Feels more personalised.

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[–] oktoberpaard@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

I feel the same way about feddit.nl, which is becoming the default for Dutch communities. It’s nice how the local feed is actually local in terms of geography and how it enables you to discover new communities which would otherwise be invisible in the all feed.

[–] ckempo@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, and I love it. I specifically sought out a UK instance for this very reason and am grateful to @tom@feddit.uk for setting it up.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like this too. Having spent a bit of time flitting around the fediverse, I believe that we're going to see local instances with local content, and the larger places with more global.

And honestly? I think it's quite a healthy way to do things.
If you live in a country of 5 million people, instead of being fractured across 5 big instances, someone can put all the local stuff in a local lemmy for local people (we'll have no trouble here). If the site admin has to pack it in one day, it's a far less daunting task to transplant, than a megasite deciding to suddenly go public.

Then when you want to do more global things, you go to a global/US instance.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

local instances with local content

For local people, hopefully.

[–] livus@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People who don't try to steal the Nice Things of the shop, Edward.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

We don’t bother the outside world, we don’t want it bothering us.

[–] LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's not really a good thing. If feddit.uk became overloaded and went down everything would be lost. Best to have a nice split with instances.

[–] scrchngwsl@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, it's great. And even with the UK subs on other instances, i can still subscribe to them via the magic of federation!

The only thing is a lot of the communities have lots of subscribers but no posts. I do hope the creators of those communities aren't just squatting...

[–] tkc@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yeah, it's really great. I'm a bit sad that UKCasual has ended up somewhere else though...

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

I suppose there's no real reason not to start a UKCasual here and may the best community win!

[–] Moodel@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Don't be. The internet evolves as with everything else :)

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just had a look and there is currently:

It'll be interesting to see how things develop.

[–] Senseibu@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just subscribe to them all, that’s what I do

[–] tkc@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I have done the same. It shouldn't be a competition. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the others aren't actually full of Brits, so hopefully ours is quality over quantity haha!

There's a lot of chatter across the lemmyverse about how to solve fractured communities with the same topic. Maybe it won't be an issue forever.