The problem is that by all intents and purposes, lemmy.ml is the default instance for people that want to join lemmy.
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.
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.
Hmm, it does seem that way. It’s been a while since I joined. Maybe I’m just an old man yelling at clouds.
Fair enough, sometimes things change without us realizing. Good on you for taking it on the chin.