I really don't think this is true. When I google "Lemmy" or "Lemmy signup" I only get join-lemmy.org. When you press "Join a Server", it asks you about language and interests only. By default, it will give a random sorting, instead of the "most active" option. To be fair, the "most active" option gives you .ml as a first result if you previously selected all topics, general, politics or technology as interests, but this whole situation doesn't seem like .ml is the instance most new users will automatically flock to.

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hmm, it does seem that way. It's been a while since I joined. Maybe I'm just an old man yelling at clouds.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Fair enough, sometimes things change without us realizing. Good on you for taking it on the chin.