Memes about the Fediverse
Other relevant communities:
Kick your feet up and drop a shitpost off at !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world, meme in !memes@sopuli.xyz or chill with the cats of !cat@lemmy.world
If you saw my comment about the pitch fork, here you go: ------E (deluxe upgrades are extra)
Welcome aboard!
ETA Context: https://lemmy.world/post/24558150
Id like to point out there are also some really good mobile apps for lemmy. I use sync for lemmy. Hopefully others will recommend there favorites. There are quite a few good ones!
Boost is now a Lemmy app!
Seconding Boost for Lemmy, was my favorite before reddits api-lypse.
Connect never gets love but is great too
I use Thunder :3
I came from the first reddit exodus and it's been great over here. You'll get used to it in no time, I promise.
So did I but be careful or you well also get swept up by the brainwashing here, buying a Pixel to run grapheneos, installing Linux on everything, buy privacy respecting email services, VPN and paranoid of everything. BTW I use NixOS and I am still mostly sane.
I use a Pixel 7 (with GraphineOS) and a Librebooted Thinkpad T440p with Arch btw, also I use MullvadVPN and encrypted communication whenever possible.
I don't own a smartphone thank you, so I won't be getting a pixel. Already been running Linux for 15 years or so now.
Ah shit. I'm barely even sane and I haven't even switched to Linux yet. I'm probs cooked.
For new people
To Newbies, I just want to say:
If you aren't a Marxist-Leninist, you might wanna stay away from the big 3 Marxist-Leninist (aka: Tankie) instances [lemmygrad.ml, hexbear.net, lemmy.ml]
Agreed, also if you're not a Neoliberal I would stay away from World (or if you're Queer, a minority, or someone who isnt comfortable with seeing bigotry).
!yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com for people interested (now I'm not sure that's something we should show to new joiners ha ha)
Oh don't insult marxists leninists like that. I guess what you really mean is that those instances are for russia/china simps or nationalists. There's nothing marxist about theur views.
Just recommend the biggest instance that isn't federated with them. Anyone got a list?
I do think it's valuable to recommend the bigger instances. If they're on a big instance, they don't have to worry about federation at all at first. It takes no effort to slowly learn about federation, and later they have the option to move to a smaller instance.
This lemmy.zip person didn't have a good onboarding experience. @zombiegirl2010@lemmy.zip maybe?
Sorted by "most active", these are the ones I recommend:
sh.itjust.works [Users 28,811 total; 2,465 / month]
lemmy.ca [Users 8,604 total; 1,138 / month]
sopuli.xyz [Users 4,967 total; 496 / month]
infosec.pub [Users 4,240 total; 325 / month] (this also defeds lemmy.ml, which the ones above doesn't do, but this is kinda small)
Edit: Also, if someone make an account on a small instance and just search and subscribe to everything, then it would make sure the communities are synched. (someone please go do that)
There's also this one, [Users 172,000 total; 27,400 / month]
That's going to be the smoothest experience for people who "don't want to deal" with federation. They can always move later.
In EVE Online we refer to this as the Brave Newbies area, the biggest, zergiest group where you don't need to know what you're doing. It functions as a training ground and feeder group for the more elite groups.
I've just had a look at your Reddit history, and you seem to very insist on Lemmy.world (https://old.reddit.com/user/serinus)
Any reason not to show people to other instances? https://sopuli.xyz/ is a popular choice for Europe, and https://discuss.online/ has a good track record for a US-based instance.
A potential interesting post: https://lemmy.world/post/24577309
Because it's the smoothest experience for new people. If you by default end up on the local tab, it's not barren.
I agree sopuli is great for Europe and lemmy.ca is great for Canada. sh.itjust.works is also reasonable. But people looking for general social media will have the easiest time on Lemmy.World that is the most similar to the centralized experience that they're used to.
If you want people to actually give Lemmy a fair shot, and don't have a specific reason to guide them elsewhere, I think it's wise to point them to .world. They can always leave later, after they're more familiar with federation and Lemmy.
Lemmy.world is on 0.19.3, so they are missing the following features (https://lemmy.ml/c/announcements for the details)
The second is a very valid point for privacy, the one that caused the whole GDPR issue in March 2024: https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2024/03/04/lemmy-fediverse-gdpr/
The last one is useful when you doubt whether the person you are talking to is commenting in good faith.
So yes, LW is okay, but there are other instances which offer a better experience, especially with the status pages that a lot of them have:
There are also several occurrences of LW staff power tripping without coming back after other users have provided evidence that they may not have taken the best decision: https://lemmy.world/comment/14411953
How could I forget my Tankie Triad warning LMAO
Wanted to say this too. It's Lemmy's biggest problem and keeps putting me off. I don't recommend Lemmy to people in person anymore because of them. I don't know if I would be more disturbed if they're mostly state actors astroturfing or just deeply unwell real people
I'm out of the loop. What's this "Reddit thread from earlier today"?
Also, yes, welcome to former Reddit users. I'm also a former Redditor, but I left during the API pricing fiasco.
A thread on r/technology about Decentralized Social Media actually got some good traction so a few of us logged back in to promote Lemmy a bit lol
I deleted my Reddit account months ago :3
I still have it to promote Lemmy
This post is currently at the top of r/AskReddit, the following comment is currently at the top:
My honest opinion is I’d like to see the internet become decentralized again and less monetized.
This new hyper-monetized internet sucks so hard and places like X, YouTube, and Reddit are the issue.
Link - there's already some suggestions of Lemmy, but it would be good to keep adding more!
Thanks for that. One of the comments at the top mentions the Web Revival. Great concept, of which we are playing our part. Might consider a community for that...
Ah! Cool! Always good to be expanding the fediverse.
what did the greedy little pigboy do this time?
An article titled "Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy" hit the front page of r/technology and the top comment mentioned lemmy as a reddit alternative. Although the comment was removed when the OP later edited it to include a direct link to join-lemmy.org. Which probably indicates those mods have automod configured to automatically remove links to that site. But the good news is, it still got a lot of attention. It'll be interesting to see if any instance admins will be able to verify an uptick in account registrations over the next few days.
Although the comment was removed when the OP later edited it to include a direct link to join-lemmy.org.
There's now a thread on the removal which might make an easier place to add recommendations:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/s/UClqcjOY2p
Keep up the good work over there everyone, we can't let @Blaze@feddit.org have all the fun of bring in new converts!
Nothing actually (for once (I'm sure el Spez's hard right turn announcement will come soon though))
A thread on r/technology about Decentralized Social Media actually got some good traction so a few of us logged back in to promote Lemmy a bit lol
Hey newbies! Confused about how it all works? Don't worry, you'll get used to the confusion. Also, check out !creepywikipedia@lemmy.world for a good niche community.