or maybe some other terminology would be better? lots of people get confused when you ask them to choose an instance, sometimes I think even the word “proxy”, “host”, or “hub” is simpler
the specific terms aren’t my point, just a discussion to see if we can come up with a better name
provider maybe?
Service provider? “Please select your Lemmy service provider”.
that actually sounds like a good way to call them
“Provider” is the best alternative to “instance” I’ve seen. I’m down with provider.
I had thought of provider myself, people seem to be happy with having an email provider and it’s not that different a concept.