Aywren

After a day of poking around #Lemmy I've learned how to:

- Find a server
- See who that server is federated with
- Make a profile
- Join/search for communities

Plus, a few tricks on joining communities when they don't show in search!

Hopefully this is helpful!
#Fediverse #Reddit #Blog

https://aywren.com/2023/06/13/learning-about-lemmy-a-fediverse-version-of-reddit

Learning about Lemmy – A Fediverse Version of Reddit

With all that’s happening at Reddit as of late, I’ve started to hear about the Federated versions of the social platform, namely Lemmy and kbin.

Jun 13, 2023 at 2:55pmWeb
Show threadThis account has movedJun 13, 2023
@Aywren thanks for doing that. Subscribing to communities on other instances has been driving me mad.
Show threadAywrenJun 14, 2023
@emsquared Same! I wad bound and determined to figure it out, though! 
Show threadThis account has movedJun 14, 2023
@Aywren As I understand it many Lemmy instances might not see a search target until one person has found a way to subscribe. Via your guide I eventually got on better searching & subscribing to various sources so thanks again for taking the time to write it up.
Show threadAywrenJun 14, 2023
@emsquared Yes, this is exactly what was going on! I looked back at the ALL list and saw the communities that I joined that weren't previously listed! Thank you! (I'll get around to updating the article to reflect this!)
Show threadPiper WrenjJun 13, 2023
@Aywren Bookmarking this so I can follow it later, thank you!
Show threadAywrenJun 14, 2023
@pwrenj You're very welcome!
Show threadValen Jun 13, 2023
@Aywren
This is very good. I've added it to my article on the reddit situation: https://babylon4.com/rexxit
What’s going on with Reddit?

I don’t care what’s going on, what alternatives do I have? So right now (12 June 2023), many pages on Reddit have gone dark in protest of what’s going on on Reddit. What’s g…

Babylon 4
Show threadAywrenJun 14, 2023
@valen This is excellent, too! Thanks for sharing and compiling this info!