World citizen based outside of Stockholm, Sweden.
Wayfarershaven.eu is focused on creating a space for inspiration, creativity, handwork, reading, learning, travel, etc. So we have everything from !fountainpens@wayfarershaven.eu to !heronebag@wayfarershaven.eu to !digitalnomads@wayfarershaven.eu to !cozyfantasy@wayfarershaven.eu.
Yup! I enjoy following this fun example: !theandrocollection@lemm.ee
This is what I use as a launcher tool when on Windows - it’s keyboard/search based and incredibly powerful. Definitely has a learning curve. https://executor.dk/
Same for wayfarershaven.eu - it’s a small server focusing on certain topics.
I wouldn’t trust either of them with my passwords.
Are you using the free or paid version? Last time I looked at it, I couldn’t see why it was worth the cost.
You’re paying for reliability, continuity, possibly a domain name which may give a sense of exclusivity. By joining a “free” server, you don’t actually have a contract or terms of service.
The concept of the Fediverse is horizontal rather than vertical growth - i.e. More smaller instances rather than increasing the capacity of the larger ones. We’re also seeing that Lemmy currently only scales to a certain degree. Right now, most instances are either covered by their admin because they’re so small that the cost is manageable or instances are setting up donations.
It’s conceivable that a business would set up an instance and charge for it - but I think it unlikely. A year town the road, though, who knows?
Check the sidebar and find the “modlog” link at the bottom, just above the list of mods - the link will differ for each instance so I can’t give you a direct link.