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

  • 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.

          • Coelacanth@feddit.nuEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            The Lemmy federation map is sadly dead since a while back, but for any given instance you can see their defederation list at /instances under the Blocked Instances tab. So for example for your instance it would here.