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So I have some advice that you might already be thinking/implementing.
For Lemmy use your three buckets well.
You have,
All
Local
Subscribed
Use 'all' feed for keeping an eye out on that bigger social media and taking the value of being 'informed' on the current narratives and events.
Pick an area of relatively specific interest, i see your currently on our premier Marxist/Leninist server, if thats anything like Aussie Zone its a completely different bucket of topics thar you will hopefully be able to relate to in a very different way to the 'All' feed. If your local server is fairly sleepy or not that different from 'all' considwr moving server fedidb or Lemmy Verse might help with server selection.
Use subscribed to drill down and keep a tight list of the niche communities rhat will really keep you happy, don't subscribe if you only think its important to keep abreast of, keep that list as your happy place. ๐
I've recently joined Mastodon. For individual to individual connection it is better. So to my surprise, I've found Lemmy and Mastodon work well used as a pair. Even though if I want to, I can see the agonisingly embarrassing comments I make on lemmy very easily from my Masto account.
Thank you so much for taking the time to lay that all out for me. I'm sure you've had to do it once or twice already, lol. I'll absolutely start curating the stuff I'd rather see. Maybe part of the friction I'm feeling is a procedural rub with marxists/leninists, and it would make sense/be hilarious if I've wandered into the middle of their space.
Do you have any less political servers you'd recommend? Besides the servers/services you recommended? Or is it largely an issue with the server i'm on?
Glad I can help! ๐
So, hard question in server selection. If .ml server isn't for you then there are hundreds of other options. Lemmy Verse is definitely going to be your friend here. Instance is substituted for server, and is a more appropriate name.*
This highlight button in the image shows you what to select on Lemmy Verse to get a large list of networked Instances. It likely won't be all the Instances, and may have some dormant and/or private Instances not open to the public to join. Most of the Instances with some size will be open and no problem to join though.
^*I only like to refer to Instances as servers because it reminds me that they also have a physical presence somewhere in this world, and the location selected has some importance.^
So thats a quick general guide for Instance selection.
Specifically 'non-political' Instances that I know is hard because I don't know how political is too political for you.
Take my 'Local' Instance, its for Australians and people interested in upside down land. Theres plenty not political, but each day we are posting and discussing the daily political news. You know, things like, which bum scratchin politician has been caught pickin their nose again, etc..
Theres other location specifics for France, New Zealand, Netherlands, Midwest US (midwest.social), UK, etc..
If you're looking to get away from politics as much as possible then maybe location specific areas won't work for you.
With that said technology servers might be the go, db0 or programming.dev are examples.
You could join solarpunk and help them imagine a positive futuristic world rather than a dystopian one.
Or mander.xyz is more science based.
Book lovers might like literature.cafe
These are just some of the larger (in fediverse terms) options you could look into.
I hope that helps you and anyone else reading.
If you do decide to change I'd love to know where you've gone off to and why that Instance was chosen. Theres so many Instances I still have no idea about ๐