Kick your feet up and drop a shitpost off at [email protected], meme in [email protected] or chill with the cats of [email protected]
If you saw my comment about the pitch fork, here you go: ------E (deluxe upgrades are extra)
Welcome aboard!
ETA Context: https://lemmy.world/post/24558150
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I came from the first reddit exodus and it’s been great over here. You’ll get used to it in no time, I promise.
So did I but be careful or you well also get swept up by the brainwashing here, buying a Pixel to run grapheneos, installing Linux on everything, buy privacy respecting email services, VPN and paranoid of everything. BTW I use NixOS and I am still mostly sane.
Ah shit. I’m barely even sane and I haven’t even switched to Linux yet. I’m probs cooked.
I don’t own a smartphone thank you, so I won’t be getting a pixel. Already been running Linux for 15 years or so now.
Damn I am jealous, smartphone is pretty much a necessity for me now
I just stick to [email protected] and [email protected]
Oh hello! Subbed.
Its true, this place is a fucked up linux echo chamber. After joining and after a lot of tests turns out distros like fedora and mint are literally what people want from steamOS.
I use a Pixel 7 (with GraphineOS) and a Librebooted Thinkpad T440p with Arch btw, also I use MullvadVPN and encrypted communication whenever possible.
It me!
I run Linux now.
Watch out, Cat propaganda everywhere
BIG CAT IS WATCHING YOU 😼
Somehow I use Tor browser most things now.
Wait, there was more than one? What happened after the API debacle?
I assume they are taking about the reddit post attached. Not exactly an exodus like last time but I would imagine at least a few made it here after reading it.
To Newbies, I just want to say:
If you aren’t a Marxist-Leninist, you might wanna stay away from the big 3 Marxist-Leninist (aka: Tankie) instances [lemmygrad.ml, hexbear.net, lemmy.ml]
How could I forget my Tankie Triad warning LMAO
Agreed, also if you’re not a Neoliberal I would stay away from World (or if you’re Queer, a minority, or someone who isnt comfortable with seeing bigotry).
[email protected] for people interested (now I’m not sure that’s something we should show to new joiners ha ha)
Wanted to say this too. It’s Lemmy’s biggest problem and keeps putting me off. I don’t recommend Lemmy to people in person anymore because of them. I don’t know if I would be more disturbed if they’re mostly state actors astroturfing or just deeply unwell real people
What do you think of this idea? https://lemmy.world/post/24268267
Spooky
Oh don’t insult marxists leninists like that. I guess what you really mean is that those instances are for russia/china simps or nationalists. There’s nothing marxist about their views.
Just recommend the biggest instance that isn’t federated with them. Anyone got a list?
I do think it’s valuable to recommend the bigger instances. If they’re on a big instance, they don’t have to worry about federation at all at first. It takes no effort to slowly learn about federation, and later they have the option to move to a smaller instance.
This lemmy.zip person didn’t have a good onboarding experience. @[email protected] maybe?
That’s actually me. I simply didn’t want to carry over that username but I guess I should claim it too. Lol
Yeah, I originally joined Lemmy during the first Reddit exodus. Then, I squirreled and did not spend the necessary time to learn much about it. However, this go around I’m here and I’m serious about learning it and using Reddit much much less (in hopes to abandoning it eventually).
Some folks helped me to find apps. I’m using Avelon and I really like it. It makes figuring Lemmy out MUCH EASIER than simply bookmarking.
Glad to see you here!
The reason I push people to Lemmy.World is that you mostly don’t need to learn anything about federation. It’s obvious enough over time what the @ symbols are, and you basically pick it up through osmosis.
If you start on a really small instance, your people might not subscribe to many foreign communities. If nobody subscribes to a foreign community, it doesn’t get pulled over and doesn’t show up in ALL. That can make Lemmy look pretty barren, and you have to go out and find communities (somehow) on your own.
If you start at Lemmy.World, the all tab just works. The local tab is even a fine experience, though I wouldn’t use it here. Similar arguments with lemmy.ca and sopuli.xyz for Canada and Europe. Their all tabs might be slightly worse, but for those people the local tab should be better (actually more local), balancing it out.
Their all tabs might be slightly worse
You are aware that with 1140 and 496 monthly active users, and the use of https://lemmy-federate.com/, the All tab on those instances, as well as any other instance with more than 100 monthly active is going to be the same than on LW, right?
This used to be true a while ago, but any instance in the top 20 (https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy/ ) is going to give the same All feed.
Well that one user sure seemed to have issues.
I see
Sounds great, and good choice of instance.
Here is a list of communities to help you get started: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/35001146
I wish there were an instance agnostic way to link that post.
Looks like it might be a thing coming soon?
That’s pretty good. I also just saw that you matched their instance, which is great for that particular person.
I usually do that for new joiners, especially because here they have to interact with the content.
Thank you!
Sorted by “most active”, these are the ones I recommend:
sh.itjust.works [Users 28,811 total; 2,465 / month]
lemmy.ca [Users 8,604 total; 1,138 / month]
sopuli.xyz [Users 4,967 total; 496 / month]
infosec.pub [Users 4,240 total; 325 / month] (this also defeds lemmy.ml, which the ones above doesn’t do, but this is kinda small)
Edit: Also, if someone make an account on a small instance and just search and subscribe to everything, then it would make sure the communities are synched. (someone please go do that)
There’s also this one, [Users 172,000 total; 27,400 / month]
That’s going to be the smoothest experience for people who “don’t want to deal” with federation. They can always move later.
In EVE Online we refer to this as the Brave Newbies area, the biggest, zergiest group where you don’t need to know what you’re doing. It functions as a training ground and feeder group for the more elite groups.
I’ve just had a look at your Reddit history, and you seem to very insist on Lemmy.world (https://old.reddit.com/user/serinus)
Any reason not to show people to other instances? https://sopuli.xyz/ is a popular choice for Europe, and https://discuss.online/ has a good track record for a US-based instance.
A potential interesting post: https://lemmy.world/post/24577309
Because it’s the smoothest experience for new people. If you by default end up on the local tab, it’s not barren.
I agree sopuli is great for Europe and lemmy.ca is great for Canada. sh.itjust.works is also reasonable. But people looking for general social media will have the easiest time on Lemmy.World that is the most similar to the centralized experience that they’re used to.
If you want people to actually give Lemmy a fair shot, and don’t have a specific reason to guide them elsewhere, I think it’s wise to point them to .world. They can always leave later, after they’re more familiar with federation and Lemmy.
Lemmy.world is on 0.19.3, so they are missing the following features (https://lemmy.ml/c/announcements for the details)
- Post hiding
- List of all media they previously updated and ability to delete those
- Change the vote display mode, allowing them to show or hide up and downvotes
- Quickly show the modlog of a user
The second is a very valid point for privacy, the one that caused the whole GDPR issue in March 2024: https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/
The last one is useful when you doubt whether the person you are talking to is commenting in good faith.
So yes, LW is okay, but there are other instances which offer a better experience, especially with the status pages that a lot of them have:
- https://status.lemm.ee/
- https://lemmy-meter.info/d/GeoFE5WIz/instance-health-breakdown?var-lemmy_instance=sh.itjust.works&orgId=1&refresh=1m
- https://status.lemmy.zip/status/lemmy
There are also several occurrences of LW staff power tripping without coming back after other users have provided evidence that they may not have taken the best decision: https://lemmy.world/comment/14411953
Edit: Also, if someone make an account on a small instance and just search and subscribe to everything, then it would make sure the communities are synched. (someone please go do that)
Lemmy Federate streamlines this.
sh.itjust.works only exposes you to Lemmy.ml but that’s been mostly okay.
I know right, ML Tankies are so much worse than fascist capitalist Nazi’s, they sure spoil everything amirite (watches a capitalist do a nazi salute at a presidential inauguration). Lets continue to ignore politics and see where this goes.
I’m out of the loop. What’s this “Reddit thread from earlier today”?
Also, yes, welcome to former Reddit users. I’m also a former Redditor, but I left during the API pricing fiasco.
A thread on r/technology about Decentralized Social Media actually got some good traction so a few of us logged back in to promote Lemmy a bit lol
This post is currently at the top of r/AskReddit, the following comment is currently at the top:
My honest opinion is I’d like to see the internet become decentralized again and less monetized.
This new hyper-monetized internet sucks so hard and places like X, YouTube, and Reddit are the issue.
Link - there’s already some suggestions of Lemmy, but it would be good to keep adding more!
Thanks for that. One of the comments at the top mentions the Web Revival. Great concept, of which we are playing our part. Might consider a community for that…
Do it!
Done it!! [email protected]
Ah! Cool! Always good to be expanding the fediverse.
https://lemmy.world/post/24558150
Maybe edit this link into OP for context
I deleted my Reddit account months ago :3
I still have it to promote Lemmy
what did the greedy little pigboy do this time?
An article titled “Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy” hit the front page of r/technology and the top comment mentioned lemmy as a reddit alternative. Although the comment was removed when the OP later edited it to include a direct link to join-lemmy.org. Which probably indicates those mods have automod configured to automatically remove links to that site. But the good news is, it still got a lot of attention. It’ll be interesting to see if any instance admins will be able to verify an uptick in account registrations over the next few days.
Although the comment was removed when the OP later edited it to include a direct link to join-lemmy.org.
There’s now a thread on the removal which might make an easier place to add recommendations:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/s/UClqcjOY2p
Keep up the good work over there everyone, we can’t let @[email protected] have all the fun of bring in new converts!
Nothing actually (for once (I’m sure el Spez’s hard right turn announcement will come soon though))
A thread on r/technology about Decentralized Social Media actually got some good traction so a few of us logged back in to promote Lemmy a bit lol
If anyone’s wondering what you should do first, the first thing you should do is block hexbear, and the next thing you should do is join any instance other than lemmy.ml. lemmy.world is a good choice, but there’s probably one you’ll like better.
If you want to know the most trans-friendly instance, it’s lemmy.blahaj.zone. There are people who will tell you it’s Hexbear. Those people are liars.
There is also a 196 community here on world, and a third community on blahaj, because the original mods are a little cray cray.
didn’t know about that one, i only knew about [email protected]
Enforcement without exception of a rule that was created to protect a marginalized group is not “cray cray”, nevermind the use of ableist language there.
The 196 on world is the original mods, who were unhappy with Ada’s enforcement of the rules on her server which she owns and decided that because of this they would migrate their community without consulting their members to .world, an instance which is known in the wider community to have moderation issues such as unfair or inconsistent application of rules (see /c/yepowertrippinbastards on Lemmy.dbzer0 for examples).
The now 2 other 196 comms on blahaj are comprised of the original community’s members, now fractured into two groups. /C/onehundredninetysix was made while /c/196 was still privated by the original moderators.
Edit: spelling
There can be enforcement without exception without banning all civil discussion which doesn’t vibe.
Finally took the plunge out of curiosity and a desire to dump reddit at some point.
Welcome here! Here are a few pointers to get you started
Come on down to [email protected]
For new people
- [email protected] , there is a pack of 20 non political communities
- [email protected] has a few guides
If anyone is looking for the replacement to a specific sub see these directories:
I saw a mention of Lemmy on a random thread in r/politics so I’m tentatively having a poke about, since I’ve already tried to quit Reddit once (for Tumblr - it didn’t stick). I remember forums pre centralised internet, is it something like that?
Yes, you can consider it like a web forum but with the default sort set to “new post” not “new comment” as is done on Reddit. This tends to favour new content over longer discussion, although you’ll get active threads like this quite often.
And thank you for choosing feddit.uk, I hope you enjoy your time with us and if you have any other questions then fire away.
Thank you!
Welcome! Yes, it is something like that.
You chose the UK as your instance, so the local communities could already interest you: https://feddit.uk/communities
On top of that, here is a selection of 20 non-political communities: https://feddit.uk/post/22376629
App can be found on https://www.lemmyapps.com/
Finally, there is also [email protected]
Feel free if you have any questions!
Ah, thank you! I downloaded an app first, since I primarily use my phone for everything and apps are just easier. I think the one I’m using is called Boost? It is less confusing than I was worried it might be :)
Boost is a good one, enjoy!
A lot of us use voyager, modeled after apollo, but any lemmy UI is a good UI in my book.
There is also the lemmy explorer out there to help you find communities. https://lemmyverse.net/communities
/best
Think of it more like email addresses. Know how a Gmail account can send email to an iCloud account just fine, and both display the same content? Same basic concept. You can have [account]@domain1.com and [account]@domain2.com, and they’re entirely separate accounts. Even if they have the same username, they’re on different instances.
Federation refers to how the instances share data with each other. One of the largest things to look for is what instances your instance federates with, because that will determine what kinds of users you end up interacting with.
Ahh, okay, so if I wanted to go just looking at a specific subject it might be better to make a second account and join another instance, and keep up two accounts?
With an account at feddit.uk, it should be ok to navigated almost whatever community. The list of block instances is short and mostly block pedoporn.
You don’t need another account. Example to access a community on lemm.ee:
https://feddit.uk/c/[email protected]
Which is the same content as https://lemm.ee/c/casualconversation
The only reason you’d need a secord account to view content is because we don’t allow NSFW material.
Most instances will federate with a pretty wide variety of other instances. There are a few big instances to watch out for, but for the most part the instance choice is primarily about which admin team you prefer. As long as your home instance federates with a server, you’ll be able to see it.
In particular, watch out for Hexbear and the .ml instances. Those will be some of the more extreme and/or brigade-y. There have historically been issues with brigading from some of the more extreme instances. Even calling them extreme is a sort of contentious statement, and I’ll likely get a few “how dare you, fascist, tankie, TERF, etc” types of comments if they stumble across it.
Aside from brigading, the most common reasons for defederation are related to legality (like maybe a certain instance allows porn that would be blocked in your home instance,) or unmoderated trolling. Trolling from new instances used to be a big problem, where an admin would make a server as a side project and leave it to stew. Trolls would make bot accounts on that fledgling instance, and use them to troll other instances. And since that small instance’s admin is just doing it as a side project, they’re not keeping active tabs on anything and the troll accounts are able to run rampant. Bans didn’t federate by default, so every single instance would need to individually ban the trolls.
Also, one particular quirk of federation is that federated instances can act as a proxy for defederated instances. For instance, you’re on feddit.uk, which defederates from Threads. So you won’t see Threads content normally. But maybe another instance does allow Threads, and feddit.uk is federated with them. If a Threads user posts on that second instance, you’ll also be able to see it. Because even though your home instance blocks Threads, that second instance allows it and you see it by proxy.
You won’t see much Threads content on the Threadiverse, blocking them is more a gesture of solidarity for our micro-blogging cousins.
Yeah, I used it as an example because I knew feddit.uk defederated from it.
Thanks for all this info but I have to say, I am soooo confused.
I’d suggest that the short version is “don’t worry about it”.
The slightly longer version is that the Lemmy equivalent of a subreddit will have a kind of home-base instance (eg. based on lemmy.world or aussie.zone or whatever else). For the most part, it makes no difference. But some lemmy instances might choose to block certain content. (For example, they might block all porn content or something); and so depending on where you signed up, you may see a slightly different selection of posts on your feed.
You’re on aussie.zone. You can see a list of what is linked & blocked for you here.
Welcome! Great to see people choosing our instance :) Like Blaze said, feel free to ask any questions, it can be a bit overwheling at first!
A bit between a forum and reddit. You don’t have to sneak away to subreddit, just comment wherever and whenever. There’s usually some good interaction. Much smaller places than reddit and less monkeying with comments and votes and such.
I got sitewide banhammered from Reddit for my absent-minded use of the report button instead of using modmail
Even though I was polite in the message Reddit claimed it was mod harassment
It’s been over a week and they still haven’t responded to my appeal
It won’t let me submit another appeal because it says I’ve already submitted one
I’ve been on reddit for over 10 years, seems like an odd way to end it.
I’ll have to admit though, Lemmy is pretty sweet. I even got Sync back!
Yeah I left reddit when the API thing stopped me using sync. It was the final straw. Like you, I’d been involved for over ten years, but sometimes you gotta move on. I missed some subs, and Lemmy is definitely less active - but I waste less time here than I did on reddit and that’s a bonus.
The biggest thing I miss from Reddit is how up to date the news on the front page was. Having said that, they changed the algorithm and it’s been dogshit for years anyway. I dont miss Reddit at all, been here for over a year.
I’m really liking Lemmy so far, it definitely has the raw vibe of old reddit that I’ve missed for so long
Every trivial and throughless ban like that, creates another exile who becomes a regular on lemmy. This is a one-way street usually
Their loss, our gain.
I got banned for speaking out about Israel’s crimes and saying Netenyahu and his cabinet need to be hanged for their crimes.
Since I am here, I will say that a trial is unnecessary.
I got banned for posting combat footage recorded by Al Aqsa brigades.
Is that seriously how you greet new people? Literally the first thing you are saying is about sowing division. “Watch out for the boggieman instance!” How about you just give it a rest.
Yea, I would do the same IRL to tell people visiting my city for the first time about the “bad parts of town” just the same
It’s disingenuous otherwise to hide such info
Sounds about reddit.
Just got here from Reddit. Haven’t officially left it, but the concept of the fediverse intrigued me and wanted to check it out
Welcome! I hope you have fun here!
For me I dropped Reddit fully when I realized it was going down more than lemmy.world ever did lol
Welcome!
Welcome! Any questions so far?
Thanks! What are the least political meme communities I can join? Politics has seeped into just about every subreddit and I need a break. I see in “all” here that there’s also a lot of politics around here in the meme instances
THATS ME!!!
Enjoy, take a poke around, drop some comments.
Your account age is 4 months tho?
Some of us float between servers, depending on their state of federation and/or moderation.
Time passes differently between universes.
That long already? Clearly still a lurker at heart
We’ve definitely seen an upswing in registrations this week, we usually have 1 a day and we are already on 8 today.
StarTrek.website saw 4 approved registrations in the past day, and we typically get about 1/day too.
I think we got to 11 or 12 in the end.
I left Reddit during APIGate and I tried lemme and it was full of racist nastiness so I closed my account and recently also left all meta apps and drasticallyreduced tiktok, and thought I might come check out how things are going and it’s nice and cozy here now, think I will stay. Been off of x for the better part of 3 years.
I don’t remember, sadly. It was like a year and a half ago, and I opened the app and saw some had made a post on the home page that was just the N word over and over so I closed the website (I was on desktop) and figured I would let it mature for a bit.
Bro has a bone to pick💀
Welcome back!
Thank you!
Holy cow this is me!
Welcome! Here are a few pointers to get you started
Id like to point out there are also some really good mobile apps for lemmy. I use sync for lemmy. Hopefully others will recommend there favorites. There are quite a few good ones!
Connect never gets love but is great too
Boost is now a Lemmy app!
Seconding Boost for Lemmy, was my favorite before reddits api-lypse.
So is Sync but we’re in one of those blackout periods iykyk
Jerboa over here!
I use Thunder :3
