You can host your own instance, or use another Fediverse platform which integrates with Lemmy like Mbin or Piefed.
Edit: Also worth noting that your Lemmy instance (lemm.ee) announced they’re going offline at the end of the month, so if you’re looking for alternatives, there’s plenty of options on Lemmy as well as other platforms.
Sorry if this is a dumb question, still figuring things our.
How else would you use the platform without joining an instance? Just have a private server?
You can host your own instance, or use another Fediverse platform which integrates with Lemmy like Mbin or Piefed.
Edit: Also worth noting that your Lemmy instance (lemm.ee) announced they’re going offline at the end of the month, so if you’re looking for alternatives, there’s plenty of options on Lemmy as well as other platforms.