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What if you run the portable version of Firefox? How would they know?

I never said that lemmy.ca had more performance, I said the ping was lower and responsiveness was better.

I have an account on lemmy.world, but when I ping it, I’m in the 100ms. I ended up on lemmy.ca where the ping is 3ms average, it makes a big difference in responsiveness.

Good tips! I should have explained a bit more, but by getting a server as close as possible, your ping should theoretically be lower than an instance that’s far from you (I know, the internet is not a straight line to the server).

The best way to test this is by pinging the server in a CMD prompt/terminal.

Yeah, I also have one on lemmy.ca, the ping is more consistent (both are 2-3ms).

Try registering on a smaller instance that’s more responsive, with a better ping by being closer to your house.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map

This, but also an instance with a good ping, close to your house.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map

Try another instance, as close to your home as possible.

You can browse the map here https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/map