Fediverse

Glad I can help! 😊

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 😆