problem is I have no idea which of these communities is "best", I do not pay enough attention to things going on behind the scenes to have any knowledge of that.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

problem is I have no idea which of these communities is "best"

Its a bit basic but so far I've just gone with the largest population. Usually I'm just after the most activity and that generally scales with population. It keeps things relatively simple.

[–] Quail4789@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this'll just mean whatever's in .world or .ml will eat up all the other communities. Biggest doesn't mean best.

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There is some lemmy.world sure but also:

lemmy.ml
sh.itjust.works
programming.dev
lemmy.dbzer0.com
programming.dev
lemm.ee
lemmy.kde.social

If a topic suits the philosophy of its lemmy instance its more likely to attract a healthy population. Then when I'm looking for a community on a topic it doesn't really matter which instance that community is on.