Hello World!
The last week or so we have seen quite a big ‘boost’ in the amount of new users signing up so we thought it would be a good time to highlight some things that are of interest to new users.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Lemmy World is not a free speech instance, there are a couple of ground rules that need to be followed. If you’re new, I would advise you to read our Code of Conduct.
NEW USER QUESTIONS
If you are new to the fediverse as a whole, it might all be a bit overwhelming. What is Lemmy? What is federation? What even is an instance? For those questions I would suggest you have a look at the getting starting guide. It should cover most of your questions.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
You can head over to the [email protected] community. This community should be used for questions regarding Lemmy World and is not the support community for the Lemmy software this site uses.
Our Admin @quinten recently made a post covering the most recurring questions there too. Read about that here.
ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACES
Lemmy World hosts a few custom User Interfaces which give you a completely different experience both on the desktop as on mobile.
- https://a.lemmy.world - Alexandrite is a beautiful and convenient desktop-first alternate web UI for Lemmy. Official site https://alexandrite.app
- https://p.lemmy.world - Photon A sleek client for Lemmy with powerful mod and admin tools. The only alternative client with feature parity to the official client. Official site https://phtn.app
- https://m.lemmy.world - Voyager was one of the first alternative UI’s that became available. Optimized for Mobile. Official site https://vger.app
- https://old.lemmy.world - a familiar desktop experience for lemmy. Official site https://mlmym.org
THIRD PARTY APPS
There are a lot of Third Party apps available for Lemmy. From Paid to Open Source, you will find something that suits you easily.
For a complete list of apps have a look at https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ (Thanks [email protected]).
EDIT: Updated the apps list. Also some more interesting links in @[email protected]’s post here: https://lemmy.world/comment/3962001
EDIT 2: Instead of https://photon.lemmy.world you can now just go to https://p.lemmy.world. You can thank @[email protected] laziness for that.
Welcome to Lemmy. I love you.
Welcome to Lemmy. I love you.
this is the way
That’s the way
Uh-huh uh-huh
I like it
Uh-huh uh-huhThat’s the way Uh-huh uh-huh I love you Uh-huh uh-huh
Welcome to Lemmy. I love you.
Welcome to Lemmy. I love you.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Love you too
Welcome to
lemmyCostco. I love you!Lmao, I couldn’t help myself… but seriously welcome everyone. lol
Are they actually saying that? Greeters in a supermarket is a concept that I as a European never understood but this is ridiculous.
Lol no… well not yet… have you seen the movie Idiocracy? It’s a hilarious movie that moves closer to being a documentary than it does a comedy, every day. Lol
There is a scene about Costco and how it’s no longer just a mega shop center but also a university where you get your law degree and way more… lmao. The greeters at Costco (in the movie) say welcome to “Costco, I love you.” And it’s quite funny.
Idk if my link worked… so here it is. https://youtu.be/Z8zNsUTWsOc?si=plbGJXzRSsV8ZZrr
The list of apps is pretty out of date. For example, Boost already came out and [email protected] is a pretty popular extension. I use it a lot to make posts, and just used it to open that post on my instance.
Also related is how to find communities
I help with [email protected], and the idea is that you can subscribe to keep seeing more recommendations. We also have a guide for finding new communities here: https://lemmy.ca/post/5581032, which I’ve copied below:
A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the
/communitiespage on an instance. For example: https://lemmy.ca/communitiesFor a list of instances to look through:
- pangora.social (NEW): Great way to find instances related to a particular topic. This is also great for picking an instance when first making an account/moving accounts.
- awesome-lemmy-instances: not that organized, but it
🔎 Search pages
🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions
- Instance Assistant: Browser extension with tools to help you redirect & search for communities
- Voyager Migrator: Tool to help you migrate Subreddits
- More Apps: https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/
🙌 Communities for discovering new communities:
- [email protected]: You’re here right now
- [email protected]: Daily posts with the trending communities from across the threadiverse
- [email protected]: Find out about new communities
Here are some other communities, some of which are less active:
Remember, you can also post questions about finding new communities right here!
👽 Coming from Reddit?
- sub.rehab: You can sort by official replacements & sister communities
- redditmigration.com: List from the migration
- quippd.com: Another list created by a user during the migration
Great list!
For apps, there is also https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/
This is great, even lets out sort by popular.
It’s a little out of date in some areas (so far I mainly noticed the beta/stable tags), but this format is great
Cheers added
Cool!
please don’t use emojis in headers
Any particular cause for this latest boost of new users? I came here when the API ban happened and am much happier with Lemmy. So welcome to everyone!
[email protected] saw it’s official release and the announcement over on Reddit gave us a bump, much like when [email protected] was officially released a while back.
Also there might have been a (albeit smaller) bump a few days ago due to Reddit removing the ability to opt out of ad personalization.
Also, Relay Pro was the only allowed 3rd party app, and they just released an update that requires you to pay for API usage, with no way to bypass or exit the pay screen. So that was the last of my last reddit usage. Uninstalled.
I’m assuming that means the reddit grace period is over. A small number of apps negotiated continued free access to the APIs to give time to move to a subscription model. Looks like that time is up.
Correct, it got an update today and now it’s asking to subscribe. 1€ is “about half an hour of browsing every day”. How about fuck you Reddit
RedReader is still allowed to exist due to its extensive accessibility options.
It’s also FOSS, Reddit changing their API fee structure was Reddit trying to capture all third party app income and RedReader generated none.
<3 RR. I actually suggested to the dev ~last year that he put up a patreon page; I was the first subscriber. I’ve been using it for over 10 years and imo nothing else came close. Eagerly awaiting the update that supports reddit and lemmy.
Reddit and Lemmy? In one app?
That’s the plan, afaik. I imagine a drop-down at the top where it says RedReader, and the option of either one. It’s been a couple months since I read that was being planned but you can find the plans on r/RedReader.
Actually, 3rd bullet point under long-term plans: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/145du4j/update_4_redreader_granted_noncommercial/
Same with narwhal on iOS, just announced the exact same thing
The new version of Narwhal is beautiful, I wish they’d develop it for Lemmy too.
Infinity did pretty much the same thing a few weeks ago. Now I’m a happy Eternity (previously Infinity for Lemmy) user.
Narwhal still works but it’s terrible so I get why people pretend it doesn’t exist.
I mean redreader will always be exempt so there’s that.
Have you tried patching the app? I was able to do it with Infinity and it worked just fine.
That’s why I’m here now! I loved boost for Reddit
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected], [email protected]
I wish we could get RIF over here. 😭
I’ve been using Connect ([email protected]) and, while it’s not the same, it feels fairly similar to RIF (which I used to use) after some customization.
Give Liftoff a go. I was using RIF and happy enough with this app
The boost believe it or not came from the launch of Boost for Lemmy which was a popular Reddit client.
Boost for Lemmy, Boost for life!! 🚀
I also really liked that one.
Another reason could be that this week, Relay for Reddit start charging… Or should I say, Reddit started charging Relay… Anyway… First post and all that… Hi
Welcome!
Thank you
I’m here b/c of the advert policy change on reddit
Welcome!
I just left today because relay went into subscription mode. It’s nothing against dbrady I know he does his best (made the best app for Android afaik, and even his subscription isn’t a money grab) but fuck reddit charging people for using their social media. Don’t want snap insta tic tok Facebook twitter etc… to start charging us.
Fuck that shit. I’m old and I remember what the internet used to be. I’m having a hard time accepting everything becoming a fucking subscription (looking at you YouTube).
Also, I’m using boost for Lemmy and I quite like it. If anyone can suggest anything else/better to try I’d be grateful.
Edit: this is my first comment 🥳🥳🥳
I’m old
You’ll fit right in.
Same. I didn’t care for relay compared to RiF, not my preference, but it was good enough after RiF died. But now that relay is out too? I’m not sure I can stomach using the reddit app. I’m definitely not paying for anything either. I already pay with my mental health by reading reddit comments, I’m not paying money to do it too.
Welcome!
Same, relays fine but sync was my main app they ceased their reddit app in june. Just realized they had a spiritual successor for Lemmy up and running so I’m giving it a try now. All the server stuff got me feeling like a boomer but the app actually feels like I remember sync for reddit feeling so I’m hoping I can get into the swing of things without too much trouble!
Welcome! Former long time Relay user, but I left reddit in June. For what it’s worth, I like Thunder and Connect. They are both open source and add free (no offense to ad supported apps). Just thought you might like to know what a fellow Relay user settles on after months of trying them all out.
Relay Pro had to move to a Subscription model for 10/01, as API costs are now being enforced. Both that and the SafetyNet requirement means those of us on custom android phones can’t use any premium Reddit app, so RIP.
For me the infinity subscription bypass stopped working so I finally made the switch
I’m laughing my ass off at old.lemmy.world whoever did that, hats off to them.
Throwback to one of my favorite comments on Lemmy: https://lemmy.world/comment/1572043
This is the only way to browse!
Holy shit that is hilarious!
Honestly tho, if people aren’t being absolute dicks, its pretty frickin’ free in the speech department. I have to be conscious of it cuz I’m on several different boards with way higher standards and I don’t want to be booted from them. It never hurts to be kind and fun and even a little intense sometimes.
Just afix your heart to the right place and everything’s gonna be just fine. Stay excellent u lemmings!
Like seriously, I’ve already said countless things that would give you the boot on reddit, and I’ve been allowed to just say it without even getting downvoted.
So we’re back to the “Old Internet” rules of “Just don’t be a dick”
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I think you’d have to be blatantly, openly, unquestionably, intentionally, and insultingly racist to get kicked off of here.
Definitely not like Reddit where “Oh didn’t you hear Piano was made a slur yesterday, oh you didn’t? NO EXCUSES! You’re permabanned for being a Nazi!” is the law of the land.
Edit: Why am I being downvoted
Bad faith argument
How is it a bad faith argument?
All I said was Reddit Mods overpolice and ban over the smallest of things…
Lemmy does not.
can attest to this. used to being banned on reddit for some very mainstream (yet controversial in terminally online spheres) opinions. i hope lemmy moderators never become what reddit moderators have become
I> Remember to criticise ideas, and not people.
That’s a nice guideline. I kept trying to explain that to my recent ex… the vast difference between saying “this behavior is unproductive” vs. “you are unproductive”.
I think for some people, there is zero difference between the two. These kind of people are “you are what you do” kind of people. Lazy people have lazy behavior, unproductive people have productive behavior, etc.
It could also be that they take “you are unproductive” to be a sort of shorthand for "Right now, you are being unproductive. How people perceive themselves and others in time can be strange. That can also cause problems with communication.
Anyway, have a great week!
Avoiding that is something I learned to do intentionally, I suppose. Labeling the person and not a behavior is more confrontational and psychologically suggests to people that they can’t change. It’s also a lot broader, more sweeping type of statement that suggests all of their behavior is that way.
Thanks, I hope your week is lovely as well.
I think for some people, there is zero difference between the two. These kind of people are “you are what you do” kind of people. Lazy people have lazy behavior, unproductive people have productive behavior, etc.
Some people are intellectually lazy and just don’t care to differentiate. I try not to spend much time talking to them, they tend to be dicks.
This idea is also related to a philosophy known as Nonviolent Communication.
Oh man… my first post here on Lemmy, hailing from Boost for Lemmy!
My Boost for Reddit is still working but I got permanently banned for an absolutely ridiculous reason…
Here’s to hoping that B4L can be everything that Reddit threw out the window, and more!
Welcome to Lemmy, I love you
☺️ just happy to be back!
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I like to think it is someone who missed the upvote button and accidentally downvoted.
That could actually happen, it happens to me a lot. I use voyager and sometimes do i hold the vote slide too long. But (i hope) i always see it and fix it. Sometimes i need multiple tries, i vote too little to get good at it 😂
Welcome to Lemmy, this is gonna be great 😄 !
Even i came here after a ridiculous permanent ban
Thank you. Gave up Reddit when Reddit Is Fun (RIF) died. Found Lemmings. Wait a few weeks and now here I am. I have to admit the different instances and this federation thingy, a lot to learn though it feels.more background stuff that Reddit may have had but we just didnt notice. Appreciate the post and happy to be here. Cheers!
Welcome. Glad to have you here!
I hope there’s a “Lemmy Is Fun” app eventually, but I haven’t heard whether the original developer is interested. He’s apparently working on something with Tildes.
Hopefully after Tildes, though I wouldn’t blame if he doesn’t want to support two apps.
I’m also a former RiF user. If you want some recommendations, I highly suggest Liftoff
Yeah I’ve settled in well in liftoff (also ex-RiF), I try other apps here and there but this one seems to work fine for me.
I also like Jerboa, but Liftoff can be logged in on several instances at once, which is nice.
I was also using RIF and happy with Liftoff.
Check out Boost, IIRC you can get it to behave mostly like RIF with some settings tweaking. I haven’t used RIF since like 2016, I found Boost around then and switched full time - Boost’s compact mode was the closest thing to old.reddit.com I could find in a 3rd party client.
I gave up reddit when I got banned by an automod because I commented on a subreddit they didn’t approve of. No attempt to put my comment in context (I was questioning the “offensive” subreddit). No appeal, no one to talk to. Pretty ironic that a site that claims to be for “open conversations” is run like an authoritarian gov. Really scummy site.
Lol I got permanently banned from reddit for “Report Abuse”… apparently the hive mind thought I abused the report button for… checks notes… reporting a post that was LITERALLY a pro-n@z¡ group denying the holocaust happened.
I was question a covid denier. The fact I posted in their subreddit was all that was needed to get me banned.
There’s your problem, you reported political content that Reddit’s admins agreed with. Reddit has a pretty long history of company leadership skewing to the right, we joke that the dude running the show fantasizes about being a feudal lord in a post collapse world. Read about his weird prepper behavior, he’s a bit off in cuckoo land.
I feel right at home in the fediverse, it gives me a much more secure feeling than Reddit. Thank you devs for your hard work at creating a suitable alternative.
So, on that topic of “security” - just remember that whenever you post, your post is essentially sent to every “instance” that is federated (and listening for the community you posted to). Each instance is it’s own server running it’s own version of an activitypub implementation (lemmy, mastadon, etc).
So on lemmy.world that means your post is sent to literally thousands of servers that you cannot directly influence. If you delete a post, a request is made to those servers to also delete the post, but if that instance is modified or unavailable when the request is sent (it’ll re-try, but there’s a limit how many times), then it’s possible your post will not be deleted and you’ll never know.
Keep in mind this also means that anyone, say a government or private company, can establish an instance, federate, and receive the posts of everyone. Their instance may be nearly completely invisible - so you won’t know they’re collecting that information.
However, lemmy stores and sends almost no information about any user. A user profile does not contain IP address or country or anything. All of that stays in the server logs of the instance you originate from, and never enters the database. So your “true” personal information isn’t shared, but your account name, and a link to your account, and the post content (whatever text you add) is shared.
Lastly, images tend to be shared. Lemmy uses “pict-rs” which is a FOSS image hosting server, and when an instance receives a federated post, if there is an image in the “URL” field, then it will ask pict-rs to download that image to its server for easier serving to its users.
Great point, however, I would rather have my posts be sent to like minded peers than to some walled-garden company like Reddit. Also, what data would any supposed malicious instance get that isn’t already available to the public? As for account names, text and images from posts, etc. aren’t these the very definition of social media? What kind of social media is not sharing text or images anyway?
Yep, I don’t disagree, just wanted to make it clear what is shared and what isn’t. I suppose if you don’t like people training AI on the text you write, then you may not like that they could gather it with literally no effort. Most other sites would require that they put some effort either into web scraping, using an api to request the post, or just buy the content in some text dump format.
But ya, I mean, this is a minor difference between platforms, overall.
wow, old.lemmy.world is perfection.
Very cool!
😲
That’s great, what happened in the last week or so to produce a boost?
Boost for Lemmy was released. Probably.
That’s why I’m here. I used boost for reddit and stopped after the APIcalypse
I’m glad boost for Lemmy looks so similar to boost for reddit.
Yup Boost here and done with Reddit shitty API.
Boost here as well, man this is decent
Reddit got rid of their privacy policy
Relay stopped allowing you to browse reddit for free.
Yup, that’s why I’m here. Since sync for reddit ended, Relay was the only app I found with the accessibility settings that I need. Using sync for Lemmy, haven’t tried any other apps or browsing methods yet but so far it’s been great.
Yep, That’s why I’ve fully moved to lemmy.
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Thanks for making the effort to host and support the community!
Ps: Boost gang! 🚀
Heh, “Boost”
Wait a seccond… good catch!
Willkommen.
Danke!
Glad Lemmy is back to gaining users again.
Remember quality over quantity.
But yes, I am glad mor people are joining as well.
