There’s also this one, [Users 172,000 total; 27,400 / month]

That’s going to be the smoothest experience for people who “don’t want to deal” with federation. They can always move later.

In EVE Online we refer to this as the Brave Newbies area, the biggest, zergiest group where you don’t need to know what you’re doing. It functions as a training ground and feeder group for the more elite groups.

Edit: Also, if someone make an account on a small instance and just search and subscribe to everything, then it would make sure the communities are synched. (someone please go do that)

Lemmy Federate streamlines this.