They were wastes of time

Pixel Springs is a cozy modded SMP on 1.20.1 and it is made for people who want a long term world that does not reset. It feels like a place to settle in and build up your own spot over time.

The server has a lot of builder friendly mods like Building Gadgets plus Chipped Handcrafted and Dusty Decorations. It also has tons of farming mods like Farmers Delight and Croptopia plus Cooking for Blockheads and the Lets Do mods so you can cook and grow a bunch of stuff.

Collectors get a custom FTB Quests system so you can chase items and learn mods while earning rewards. There is in game currency with quests and daily rewards so you can save up coins and start a shop. There is also a shopping district where players build shops together.

If you like magic there is Botania Hexerei Mystical Agriculture and Ars Noveau. If you like animals there are mods like Naturalist Aquaculture Faunify Pollys Pets and Rats so you can find lots of cute creatures.

They also run a resource overworld dimension that resets sometimes so resources are not limited and exploring stays worth it. The community is small friendly and welcoming and the admin team is around to help and they do frequent backups.