This isn't reddit. It looks similar, and it is similar by design. But it ain't reddit. Hang back, lurk a while and try to absorb some of the lemmy "culture" before jumping into anything hot button at all, and be aware that lemmy is not a single thing.
Lemmy is not one big site. It's a whole bunch of sites run by individuals and groups. On each of them, you'll find communities (and it is communities, not subs, sublemmies, or similar). Every specific site, called an instance, may have different rules from the rest. So pay attention to where you are before jumping in all het up on a topic.
You might be on a community on dbzer0.com now, and find a community called c/paper. You might go over to sh.itjust.works and find another c/paper. This is part of how lemmy works. It is not a mistake, it is not a problem. But it is confusing. So be aware of it, and factor it in when you decide to post or comment.
This is great stuff. I'll add a few hints of my own.
There's no such thing as "global Lemmy admins"; there are the admins of your home instance (where you're registered to) and the admins of the instance where you're posting. It's messier because each group will enforce different rules, but it also means that no group of arseholes can kick you completely out of Lemmy.
If you're a newcomer odds are that you don't know which would be the best home instance for you. That's completely OK - almost everyone was like this, including me. So if you don't feel satisfied with your home instance, create a new account in another instance and migrate.
Desktop users might benefit from the extension "Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin" (Firefox link, Chrome link).
App users: remember when Reddit had a whole rainbow of third party apps to choose from? Lemmy is like this: there's Jerboa (the official one) but also Voyager, Mlem, Boost, and many others. Give this link a check, or just look for "Lemmy" in your app store.
I didn’t like the direction the Reddit was taking with banning subreddits like WPT and bending the knee to Elon. I scrubbed and deleted my main and my alt last night so I guess this post is about me lol
what happens to our sign up data / how secure is it? I
As secure as I can make it on a shoestring budget. Basically unless we get targeted by a nation-state, you should be fairly secure. If OpSec is a concern, I suggest deleting the account and making one on a VPN using a throwaway email
Is that actually true? I mean it would make sense but I've seen the applications interface before and it had no way to see the email, you had to go into the DB to see it.
@[email protected] is this still true, does Lemmy let you see email on applications? Or does seeing them still require going into the DB. If it does would you mind DMing me a screenshot of my application so I can see how different it looks from last time I saw it (0.18.4)?
It's good they finally do that now. I know in the past they didn't. Which seems really weird since admins can get it easily looking in the DB, so they're not really protecting against anything by hiding it from them in lemmy-UI.
Hmm... There's jokes here about "Second Coming"... "Plundering Booty"...
Banning NSFW, even short term, implies future Spez fuckitude that could well bury what was left of the place. Maybe it is a requirement for the C-suite to get their payouts when eventually bought by Newsmax or whatever?
Long ago when media was in physical form there were two formats. VHS and beta max. Beta was superior in most ways.... but VHS had porn. Maybe this is what starts a tipping point.
If you're familiar with the old internet, when communities were actually communities, and each board had it's own vibe and culture, then you'll do fine here. If not, just listen to southsamurai. Lurk a bit. Feel it out. You'll learn and adjust and you'll do fine!
To all the new users joining, I suggest you try our tesseract frontend but we also have a choice of three others.
Thank you, I'll give Tesseract a shot. Currently I don't know how to load up comments.
15 seconds later: I am IN the comments. Sorry. Thank you.
Also: you're probably gonna get banned from .ml. It doesn't mean shit, sign up to another instance and keep going
I've been here for god only knows how long, but I never knew anything about the different front-ends. Lol.
They've been on the sidebar since forever 💀
Which is kinda out of sight on a lot of mobile clients
I know. That's why I point them out more actively now
My approving finger is tired.We must have gotten +200 new users in the past few hours!
I am sorry for causing any pain . I was just interested to see what's going on here.
Brilliant.
Welcome! We’re a merry band of Reddit refugees.
Try some of the many apps as well like Sync and Voyager.
I'm currently using boost as I used to use that for Reddit, hence the sense of familiarity. But I'll check out voyager as well as it seems new.
I read yesterday that Boost for Lemmy has been abandoned. Which is a shame!
Wait. Really ? That's really unfortunate. But I'll stick to boost for now as it's easier to navigate due to familiarity.
If there's serious issues then I'll switch to another client like voyager
if you just want to check out voyager without commitment, head over to https://v.lemmy.dbzer0.com/ :-)
No pain, don't worry
Welcome in from the cold. We have hot cocoa and blankets (and shit-posts).
Hello there!
Congrats on the massive growth!
Impressive!
You get to drink from the FIREHOSE!
Such a great movie
I say this at work all the time.
Fwiw, some advice for the wave of fresh r/efugees
This isn't reddit. It looks similar, and it is similar by design. But it ain't reddit. Hang back, lurk a while and try to absorb some of the lemmy "culture" before jumping into anything hot button at all, and be aware that lemmy is not a single thing.
Lemmy is not one big site. It's a whole bunch of sites run by individuals and groups. On each of them, you'll find communities (and it is communities, not subs, sublemmies, or similar). Every specific site, called an instance, may have different rules from the rest. So pay attention to where you are before jumping in all het up on a topic.
You might be on a community on dbzer0.com now, and find a community called c/paper. You might go over to sh.itjust.works and find another c/paper. This is part of how lemmy works. It is not a mistake, it is not a problem. But it is confusing. So be aware of it, and factor it in when you decide to post or comment.
This is great stuff. I'll add a few hints of my own.
There's no such thing as "global Lemmy admins"; there are the admins of your home instance (where you're registered to) and the admins of the instance where you're posting. It's messier because each group will enforce different rules, but it also means that no group of arseholes can kick you completely out of Lemmy.
If you're a newcomer odds are that you don't know which would be the best home instance for you. That's completely OK - almost everyone was like this, including me. So if you don't feel satisfied with your home instance, create a new account in another instance and migrate.
Desktop users might benefit from the extension "Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin" (Firefox link, Chrome link).
App users: remember when Reddit had a whole rainbow of third party apps to choose from? Lemmy is like this: there's Jerboa (the official one) but also Voyager, Mlem, Boost, and many others. Give this link a check, or just look for "Lemmy" in your app store.
Hello
Welcome matey!
howdy y'all!
Howdy!
Lol, dig the username
Willkommen bei Lemmy!
By choosing to join the dbzer0 family, you're making a smart commitment for you and your family's future!
hi @all :)
Welcome, fellow refugee!
Romanes eunt domus!
I didn’t like the direction the Reddit was taking with banning subreddits like WPT and bending the knee to Elon. I scrubbed and deleted my main and my alt last night so I guess this post is about me lol
Welcome. Unfortunately you won't have access to ![email protected] from your instance, but should be good for everything else.
That’s interesting! Why does it do that?
Lw admins blocked it
welcome to lemmy 🥳
Glad to be here! :)
As secure as I can make it on a shoestring budget. Basically unless we get targeted by a nation-state, you should be fairly secure. If OpSec is a concern, I suggest deleting the account and making one on a VPN using a throwaway email
Admins can see your email upon registration. So if you're really paranoid make an new account with a decoy email.
Is that actually true? I mean it would make sense but I've seen the applications interface before and it had no way to see the email, you had to go into the DB to see it.
@[email protected] is this still true, does Lemmy let you see email on applications? Or does seeing them still require going into the DB. If it does would you mind DMing me a screenshot of my application so I can see how different it looks from last time I saw it (0.18.4)?
yep it's displayed
It's good they finally do that now. I know in the past they didn't. Which seems really weird since admins can get it easily looking in the DB, so they're not really protecting against anything by hiding it from them in lemmy-UI.
Nice
Blaze smiles as he grasps the master emerald.
Hmm... There's jokes here about "Second Coming"... "Plundering Booty"...
Banning NSFW, even short term, implies future Spez fuckitude that could well bury what was left of the place. Maybe it is a requirement for the C-suite to get their payouts when eventually bought by Newsmax or whatever?
Why?..what happened?
Porn is now illegal
Gotta lineup with that republican porn ban.
Check the link I posted in the context
Aah thanks..I missed that link..
![email protected]
Spez opened his butthole for Elon
Long ago when media was in physical form there were two formats. VHS and beta max. Beta was superior in most ways.... but VHS had porn. Maybe this is what starts a tipping point.
Hello from NZ
Hi fellow Kiwi.
Hey! Welcome. Cool of you to join our instance.
If you're familiar with the old internet, when communities were actually communities, and each board had it's own vibe and culture, then you'll do fine here. If not, just listen to southsamurai. Lurk a bit. Feel it out. You'll learn and adjust and you'll do fine!
New users? We should ask the German communities to do the sturgeon thing again, that was fun!
Every reddit user should consider r/redditseppuku
Tell, Gooner about lemmynsfw and ani.social instance. Also hell yeah
No one can kill Reddit faster than Reddit itself.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
I am one myself, got linked to this Lemmy from r/Piracy and like this site thus far. Salutations!
Reddit censorship, mods, and politics started being bad but the recent US election was the straw that broke the camels back
Anything to have somebody to talk to other than actual fucking Tankies all day.
I completely forgot I had an account on here, lol
What if they’re all bots ?
Welcome ye filthy animals.
the gooners are coming? yeah that's sorta what they do
That's actually the opposite of what gooners do. Coomers on the other hand...
People flock to the quality goon content. It's the cosmological constant of the internet.
I'm glad to see more people are joining this instance, and Lemmy as a whole.
I tried to join dbzer0 a couple months back and still can’t login even after confirming email. Waiting on approval or some such.
We sometimes reject incomplete applications. We also link to an appeal channel where one can ask to be reconsidered.
I’ll take a look.