Imagine everyone can run their own version of Reddit, and these versions can talk to each other (or block each other). You join one of them, and can see the subreddits (communities) from all of them
If you start feeling that everyone is a crazy tankie, switch to an instance that has defederated from the Tankie Triad.
Like everyone else is saying, find a way to participate. I’m absolutely awful at posting, but I can comment regularly so I do that a lot. If you notice anything you want missing it’s gonna be up to you to inspire others by posting about it and being actively involved in other posts about it.
Oh also a lot of folks on here suck to varying degrees. Not all are necessarily ban worthy, but some will be. There are instances you may choose to block as well. In general you make of this place what you put in. And for all the users you dislike and see around you’ll get plenty that you see around and like, and it’s cool when you notice you keep interacting with the same people in positive ways
so its basically reddit but a bit more complicated. youll be fine
The main difference is that subreddits are called “communities” or “comms” for short, not sublemmys like you would expect.
I wish it was sub-something.
Between Community and Magazine on mbin I don’t really like either word!
we like B E A N
and D E A N, apparently.
Instances are like ideologic factions here in some cases. Particularly .ml. Keep an eye on the instance associated with people’s usernames. Typically gives you perspective on the way they may act.
Browse /all/new or hot and just block communities youre not interested in rather than try to build a homepage with subscriptions. Subscribe all you like ofc but your Frontpage will be more interesting this way.
yeah, the fact you have to do this though is one of the major flaws of this place.
you should be able to subscribe to stuff you like, but there isn’t enough content to go that route, and most of the prolific content is all weird stuff you want to block…
I everything else is stuff you block, why are you bothering with it?
I picked everything I am interested in and never go to all, I have no interest in a frontpage that is everyone elses.
So no need to block anything.
Because if you want to see anything outside of your constructed bubble, you will have to add it intentionally. There are plenty of communities i wouldn’t know about because I’m new. By using all or popular, i can stumble upon things from time to time.
Everything’s made up and the points don’t matter.
Anything in particular you’re looking for?
Well, you’ve already chosen an instance to sign up with and start posting, so the confusing part is done.
Sometimes stuff from the wider network will be missing or inaccessible due to federation issues, but don’t worry too much about it.
First order of business is to curate a decent feed. Try searching for communities that you’re interested in. Browse the All feed and subscribe to interesting communities, generously block the ones you don’t want to see. Check !communitypromo@lemmy.ca (and its pinned thread) and !newcommunities@lemmy.world for cool ones to join.
One thing to be aware of is there are many duplicate communities across instances. Check them out, subscribe to each or pick the most active one - or the one on your least disliked instance. On that note, know that some instances are often considered politically extreme or problematic.
Think of it as every sub being is own little micro site connected with most of the other micro site. Find a micro site that align with your beliefs, make an account on it and go have fun
Basic internet decency is appreciated
If someone asks which linux distro they should install, just insist on your favourite distro no matter the use case.
Plus. if someone asks you for help with Windows, just insist on your favourite distro no matter the use case.
Well fortunately Debian is the right answer for every use case, so problem solved there!
LMDE for noobs, unstable (sid) for arch users
It’s basically reddit. If you want to find communities (subreddits) you can search for them on your instance (the server you’re on, in your case it’s Lemmy.world), or look on lemmyverse.net. You’re on a more populated instance, so discovery will be less of an issue for you.
Its a bit quieter here all there is more need to post things you are interested in and start threads for discussions you want.
get ready to be harassed by weirdos and nutcases who think their fringe opinions are the Absolute Truth.
