Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it is to become a member of the community, theres a reasonable amount of subs (or whatever the other word for em is) that fit my interests, enough linux content and shitposting for my liking, and the overall random posts made by people equally fed up with Leddit. (also i admit i used reddit a little cus there was this post on the fedora sub showing how to fix a sound issue i been having after a recent update)
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At least on my instance everything is running fast, snappy. I like the clean interface. Haven’t encountered any major bugs yet.
The only downside for me so far is that there is not a lot to see yet. The only active posts and communities are about lemmy itself. Which is understandable of course but I can’t wait to actually get to the phase where I actually get to experience real content lmao
great, i’ve really liked lemmy so far. its really the first alt big tech platform like this that i’ve gotten into, was never big on mastodon or any of the others out there.
lemmy is honestly a breath of fresh air. really great platform so far, i think it has very strong potential.
i still use reddit for some things, but overall i’m starting to use lemmy a lot more. great work from the devs, can’t wait to see the future!
The thing that’s confusing me most is links, whether to communities or individual posts.
I see links in a format like this:
!communityname@instance.whatever
Sometimes the exclamation mark is part of the link and it works, and sometimes it’s there but not part of the link, and my phone thinks the rest is an email address.
Is there a guide anywhere to how to do links properly? TIA.
EDIT - yeah, so in my example above, the exclamation mark is not being treated as part of the link for some reason?
I like the desktop app, and the community - but the content is still a bit sparse. The nice thing about reddit was that you could find content for literally anything and every time you refreshed there’d be new content to view. It’s obviously not nearly so busy here, but hopefully that will improve with time.
In the meantime I’ve been juggling this and Mastadon to get my fix lol
Pretty great tbh. The tricky thing with being an early adopter is you kind of have to be the change you want to see, but I’m old enough to feel no shame about just barging into places and starting new threads as needed.
So far started two accounts on two different instances (I like to keep different subjects somewhat separate) and had really cool interactions on both.
Obviously there are a few UX issues, trying to sub to remote communities is kind of a nightmare, but hopefully I’ve subbed to enough that other people on my instance will find it a bit easier to find them through search.
I’m enjoying my time on the fediverse, still getting used to it all
It was a bit rough getting an account I’m happy with set up, but beyond that I’m really enjoying the experience so far.
But now you got the best possible name and instance :D
yoo i just noticed it xD
Ikr? Imagine the shinannigans I can accomplish with it!
I’ll keep an eye out, haha.
its been great, i been posting in the Hexbear instance for like 2 years, i decided to make an account here while i wait for HB to federate with the rest of lemmy
I think it’s awesome. It’s the first time in a whole I’ve been on “new” social media and it’s bringing back a lot of feelings I thought were dead since the internet became so centralized
just got my signup approved, the ui is awesome and the dark mode this place has won’t destroy my eyes during night shift. it’s a bit slower than reddit but that’s fine
I found it easy to join a server, subscribe to communities and post. I’ve also created a community that I’m passionate about and I’m trying to grow it.
I tried creating a server but failed big time, I’m a novice at that kind of stuff and didn’t have the experience to know what I was doing wrong.
Still great as expected. Reddit screwing any mentions of migration or Lemmy will not last long as the EU might impose sanctions against the Snoosite
There’s definitely a learning curve. How steep, I have not determined yet.
I love it so far,only needs more people
What lemmy instance should I use? I registered lemmy.ml but I heard it’s very political. Should I change?
Take a look at https://join-lemmy.org/instances for the full list and brief descriptions. I’ve ended up making accounts on three different instances (also started out on lemmy.ml because that’s what all the reddit posts were pointing at), but I think I’m going to like this one (mander.xyz) because it has a lot of science-related communities.
Oooh. I like what Im seeing on mander I do think I’ll subscribe to some of those communities
Keep in mind these communities can be viewed from ANY lemmy instance, you just have to connect to them (usualy just by searching in the community search bar). I just chose my instance based on the general type of communities present here. I was going to jump on beehaw (and in fact did create an account there) but felt that Mander was a better fit for like-minded people to myself.
I dont think its very political (whatever that means). The founders have political views that may not be so common in the west, but it doesnt mean anything for you personally. You can choose exactly what communities you want to follow and read about anyway. They are not forcing their beliefs on anyone.
This is why the choice of instance is mostly a matter of performance and trust that the admins behind it know what they are doing.
Lemmy.ml is the most popular instance and it will of course be bombarded with new users when they come, so its good to create accounts on a few other instances as well. This is the point of being distributed. Im reading and writing this from my own instance: https://lemmy.today. And I think thats just fantastic, that we can do that.
Your instance is really just a point of entry. In the end people will probably follow the communities which are the largest and in their language, regardless of the instances hosting it. And your instance is probably the one hosting the largest communities anyway.
edit: oops, my bad, lemmy.ml had federated with lemmygrad, which is filled with russian shills, so yeah, we have to think about it, and maybe pick a different instance or start a brand new one. I don’t want to spend more time explaining why Ukraine doesn’t belong to Russia. Let them lose the war and figure it out by themselves.
You should not focus too much on the political aspect. So far there are a lot of russians around, but we will outnumber them, so it’s not a priority.Those Russians, they sure do seem to be everywhere! Tell me, even if there were a lot of Russians – which I don’t think is actually true – what would your problem be with that?
If we take as an axiom, as many in the west regularly do, that the Russian government is fundamentally undemocratic and disconnected from the will of its people, then what worry should we have about Russians, who themselves thereby probably aren’t interested in advancing the interests of their government? Or do you believe that the accounts you don’t agree with are paid agents on this tiny website? That would be very unreasonable of me to assume as a belief you hold, but I am struggling to infer another one. Could you help me to understand?
would like some russians to play dota with
I agree with you, the earth is flat. Now please leave me alone.
You think that it’s equivalent to saying the Earth is flat to wonder about the logic of complaining about “Russians” on this website? I was pretty careful about my inferences, though I invited you to show me my error and still would be interested to see where my mistake was!
@GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml World News@lemmy.ml China tightens access to Tiananmen Square while 32 are detained in Hong Kong
10,000 is absurd and it’s a disgrace that the absolute bullshit reporting that some hack journos gave at the time is still treated credibly. Do you think there were machine guns on roofs and tanks deliberately pulping bodies, too?
And this is your first post, of a 2 days old account
Go shill to someone else. You think people are naive?
I’m on Beehaw and so far it’s been a pretty chill place. They encourage “Be nice” and “safe space” without coming across as in your face with any actual political ideology.
