It’s much better here! It’s nice and cozy, kinda like Reddit circa 15 years ago.

For your memes we have !memes@lemmy.world and if you’re a programmer of some kinds we got !programmer_humor@programming.dev to scratch that itch, if you like sciency posts mander.xyz has some excellent communities (communities=subreddits) like !science@mander.xyz, !biology@mander.xyzand !astronomy@mander.xyz and for a meme science combo there’s always the fantastic !science_memes@mander.xyz

You can also drop a shit(post) off at !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world or hang out at !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone (though you do have to post before you leave that one!)

If you want to explore the world of PC Gaming on Linux check !linux_gaming@lemmy.world or for more general Linux !linux@programming.dev and we even have a Linux meme comm at !linuxmemes@lemmy.world (we like Linux around here lmao)

For news !world@lemmy.world is excellent and for US focused news !news@lemmy.world and !usa@midwest.social

Want to ensure your privacy in this crazy world? Checkout !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

And of course, the best for last, the best comm on the Lemmy-verse, !bikinibottomtwitter@lemmy.world !!! Just make sure to buy a krabby patty!

We’re not without our cons though, biggest problem we have are probably the Tankies, but here they’re mostly on what’s known as the Tankie Triad: lemmy.ml, lemmygrad and hexbear. For the most part, grad and hex are widely defederated from (Users and content of those instances won’t be “synced” and you won’t see them) and you only have to worry about .ml, but on Lemmy you can do a personal instance wide block if you’d rather just not deal with them. .ml tends to be more subtle opting for censorship of dissent before things get crazy on their threads and allowing certain propaganda to flourish (If you wish to see documentation of it, checkout !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works ) Here on Lemmy all moderator actions are public and available for viewing on what’s known as the “modlog”

Obligatory, fuck Spez

  • lavamushlam0287@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    4 days ago

    Fresh from reddit here. What is the difference in subscribing and bookmarking a community and how do I find them after I subscribe/bookmark?

    I’m using the Summit app if that makes a difference.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      4 days ago

      Subscribing is like Reddit, where your default frontpage view is only your subscribed communities. These communities could be from your server or a federated server, it just depends on what you subscribe to. You don’t really need to think about how federation works, it’ll just show up for you if you subscribe.

      If you pick “Local” you’ll see a feed of the the popular posts from all communities hosted on your own server only. Some of your subscribed comms might be in there if they’re a local server comm. But it’s just a general feed from your server alone.

      If you go to “All” then you get a feed from all federated communities, so you could be seeing posts from /c/linux from lemmy.ml as well /c/linux from another server (though it’s not likely to see posts from small communities unless you’re an incorrigible doomscroller). Generally you’ll run out of content on your subscribed only feed fairly quick due to the activity being relatively lower than Reddit, so browsing All gets you more content, but you’ll run into a lot of irrelevant shit in the process. But it can be a good way to find more things to subscribe to, as well.

      In any case, welcome. I fled reddit after 15 years of contributing by posting and modding when they burned the app community and shit on the people that made Reddit what it was. At least here I don’t feel like my efforts to provide content and moderate is for someone else’s benefit, least of all a greedy little pigboy like spez.

      Be the change you want to see.

      • Hoimo@ani.socialEnglish
        6·
        4 days ago

        If you go to “All” then you get a feed from all federated communities,

        I’ve been here for a while and this is still unclear to me: Is All only the communities that are synced to my server? And syncing is dependent on a user on my server subscribing to it? So if I find a new community on a different server and subscribe to it, it will show up on my server’s All?

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          4 days ago

          The one thing I’d add is that since you’re on lemmy.world, your “Local” feed is fairly heavy with content since some the most active communities are on .world. That’s not always the case if you’re homed on a small server that nobody subscibes to comms from.

          And you can sub to multiple communities of the same name, but different servers.

          And you can block individuals or entire server. Sometimes your own server defaultly blocks servers, for instance, lemmy.world (our home server) blocks lemmynsfw and hexbear (because tankies). You won’t see content or users from those servers with an account homed on lemmy.world. So if you want to browse porn, either manually browse to lemmynsfw.com and browse not logged in, or create an account if you feel the burning need to comment on porn posts.

          • Tonuka_@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            4 days ago

            Can I ask some questions if it’s no bother?

            1. What’s a server? I assume lemmy.world, but what others are there?
            2. Is a community local to only one server? Are two communities across two servers with the same name different communities or do they share something?
            3. Can you access a community that’s not hosted on the server you’re on from your server? like in your feed, etc.
            4. What the hell is Mastodon. Is Mastodon a server?

            Actually, scratch all of this, is there an introduction somewhere

            • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
              4·
              4 days ago

              You are right, lemmy.world is a server that you can create an account on and participate in the fediverse through. Other servers can be found here: https://lemmyverse.net/?open=true

              Yes a community is associated to a server, so you can have a Linux@lemmy.world and a Linux@lemmy.ml. They don’t share posts, they’re effectively completely separate.

              Yes, if you search up communities it will list everything it can find from any servers your home server is federated with, which by default should be all of them. Usually you’ll see some counts of posts and users to give you an idea of popularity.

              Mastodon is another application like Lemmy, and has it’s own servers just like Lemmy. But since lemmy posts and mastadon toots are effectively the same ActivityPub object, you will often see Lemmy posts being commented on by Mastodon users. If you see a lot of @username BS in a Lemmy post, that’s probably Mastodon users commenting

              Really, all that Lemmy or Mastodon are is different interfaces and hosting platforms for the same ActivityPub objects. They’re just presented in a different way, one is more like Reddit and the other is more like Twitter. But there’s no inherent reason for a post to behave differently than a toot, they have the same thread flow, so they can interact seamlessly.

              And idk about an introduction, seems like someone should make one. Maybe I’ll feed this thread into a jippity and see what it spits out later.

              • Tonuka_@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                4 days ago

                Thanks a ton, really. I’ve been aware of Mastodon, Lemmy and the fediverse as buzzwords, but I think I’m starting to understand what they mean for the first time.

                If you still have time, can you stick around for some more?

                1. Can I find data anywhere about which server is federated with which, how many users they have etc.?
                2. I just googled ActivityPub. Is it true that I could technically interact with Threads and soon Tumblr without having an account there, because they use AP?
                3. Are servers literal servers, located on seperate computers, or does Lemmy host everything in the end? I understand that’s how Tumblr and Threads do it, so is Lemmy different and if yes, how?
                4. does instance/server mean the same thing?
                • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  4·
                  4 days ago

                  1. At one time I saw a federation map, idk if that’s still around. All that info is inherent in the backend server communication and wouldn’t be hard to get, but IDK if anyone is currently doing it.

                  2. Perhaps, it’s been a standard for years. But I don’t think the Bluesky “federation” protocol is the same as ActivityPub, so from all I’ve heard it wouldn’t talk unless someone writes a bridge for it.

                  3. The servers are literally servers, you could set one up today and register a user on it, and it would federate with all the other ones that allow random federations. I think your new server would go out to github or something to get the first list of federation targets, then after that it’ll probably update from other federated servers. https://join-lemmy.org/docs/administration/install_docker.html

                  4. yes

                  The way to think of these is more like an email server. You have a mail account with Gmail.com or hotmail, and those talk to each other to exchange messages. DNS is the glue that tells them where each other are. If a server blacklists another email server, then they don’t talk and you can’t get messages to a user on that server.

    • SleafordMod@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I don’t know about the apps because I normally use Lemmy on the web. There might be an option in your app to just see posts from your subscribed communities though.

      On the Lemmy.world website you can see posts from your subscribed communities by clicking the “subscribed” tab near the top of the page (the other tabs are “local” which shows you just posts from your instance - Lemmy.world in your case - and “all” which shows you the top posts from all Lemmy servers).

      Also on the Lemmy.world website, if you scroll down on the main page, you can see your subscribed communities in a list on the right-hand side of the page. I sometimes use that list when I want to look at a particular community.