RuudJun 10, 2023

Lemmy.world starting guide

https://lemmy.world/post/37906

Lemmy.world starting guide - Lemmy.world

(I’m creating a starting guide post here. Have patience, it will take some time…) # Welcome! Welcome to Lemmy (on whichever server you’re reading this) # About Lemmy Lemmy is a federated platform for news aggregagtion / discussion. It’s being developed by the Lemmy devs: https://github.com/LemmyNet [https://github.com/LemmyNet] ## About Federation What does this federation mean? It means Lemmy is using a protocol (Activitypub) which makes it possible for all Lemmy servers to interact. - You can search and view communities on remote servers from here - You can create posts in remote communities - You can respond to remote posts - You will be notified (if you wish) of comments on your remote posts - You can follow Lemmy users/communities on other platforms that also use Activitypub (like Mastodon, Calckey etc) (There’s currently a known issue with that, see here [https://lemmy.world/post/15786] # About Lemmy.world Lemmy.world is one of the many servers hosting the Lemmy software. It was started on June 1st, 2023 by @[email protected] [https://lemmy.world/u/ruud] , who is also running https://mastodon.world [https://mastodon.world], https://calckey.world [https://calckey.world] and others. A list of Lemmy servers and their statistics can be found at FediDB [https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy] # Quick start guide ## Searching ## Reading ## Posting ## Commenting ## Moderating # Issues When you find any issue, please report so here: https://lemmy.world/post/15786 [https://lemmy.world/post/15786] if you think it’s server related (or not sure). Report any issues or improvement requests for the Lemmy software itself here: https://github.com/LemmyNet [https://github.com/LemmyNet] ## Known issues Known issues can be found in the beforementioned post, one of the most annoying ones is the fact that post/reply in a somewhat larger community can take up to 10 seconds. It seems like that’s related to the number of subscribers of the community. I’ll be looking into that one, and hope the devs are too.

Show threadgoldenarchmage
So I think I've spotted an issue. I can give you several examples, but I spotted that there are several 'Technology' communities that originate on different servers. That's potentially going to cause a lot of confusion going forward - I don't want to subscribe to two or three of everything...
Jun 12, 2023 at 8:59pmWeb
Show thread_number8_Jun 12, 2023
exactly! i assume it's the intent - different hosts have different standards and vibes. but it is very strange and seems counterproductive. i assume someone intelligent has figured out why this is better
Show threadZotn (jan Sotan)Jun 12, 2023

I think* the basic idea is that there'd be specialized hosts/instances for certain broader topics, OR just allowing to create close "communities" by disallowing cross-intance interactions.

It could be confusing for a while, but I think in time things will mostly normalize in one way or another and the concept of "rival subreddits" were already a thing.

*: I'm also new here, so all of this is just conjecture

Show threadDrew Got No ClueJun 12, 2023

It's not that dissimilar from what happens already on Reddit with lots of subs with similar names and topics.

Eventually, the best ones will prevail.

Show threadiamgamermanJun 13, 2023
Yeah this is exactly how Reddit was back in 2010. It was the Wild West back then and similar subs fought to survive. Eventually the one with the best content will win out!
Show threadwitJun 12, 2023
This is not a problem, it's a feature. It is comparable to reddit having some subs about the same topic, only with different names. Just give it time and it will sort itself out. The best community will prevail.