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Reddit keeps pushing on being a closed platform, now rolling out mandatory logging for old.reddit.com - worth pushing for the fediverse again? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by Auster@thebrainbin.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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Going by comments in the post, the required login is coming in waves, so not all people may notice immediately.

Still, as Reddit is strong-arming its way across, maybe worth signaling to people there that the fediverse may be used without an account, so long as there's even one instance that implements logged-out view as the protocol allows it?

I don't have access to my account any longer, possibly VPN ban, though I never tried to recover it so I can only guess why mine is lost, else I'd post myself.

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[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

when you search for a community, make sure you're searching "All" communities instead of just "Local" communities

this one already exists !pottery@lemmy.world

[–] mangobanana@discuss.online 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

THANK YOU! I did look but I don't understand the fediverse at all. The instances are confusing. Like I joined discuss.online but is that the same as lemmy? Idk I think Reddit has so many users because it's easy and clear to use

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I joined discuss.online but is that the same as lemmy?

yes that's a part of Lemmy, that's all you need

I don’t understand the fediverse at all. The instances are confusing.

It's kinda like email. Think of it like you're on Gmail, I'm on Yahoo Mail, and the pottery community is on MSN. We can all talk to each other because we do like @mangobanana@gmail.com (in reality you're at discuss.online) and @die4ever@yahoo.com (I'm at retrolemmy.com). Usernames start with an @ like Twitter, community names start with an !

So when you do a "Local" search you only see stuff from "Gmail" like yourself, but usually you want to search "All" not "Local".

For viewing posts on my feed I prefer "Subscribed", this can be set as your default in your settings page.

have you tried an app on your phone? they can be a bit simpler to use than the website https://join-lemmy.org/apps

here's another community that might help !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

[–] mangobanana@discuss.online 1 points 23 minutes ago

I'm using the brave app, and thank you so much! So far I've been able to create a question on one of the groups! Yay!