mccJun 23, 2023

I would like to tell you about LEMMY aka KBIN which is the new "the Mastodon version of Reddit" federated service. I think it's PRETTY NEAT.

First, let me tell you how to get Into Lemmy:

Just go to this website
https://beehaw.org/
and start reading.

That's it! A nice thing about Lemmy is you don't *really* need to be logged in to use it. Since the focus is communities rather than personal feeds you can just click around logged out until you want to comment.

What if you want to comment?

Beehaw - Aspiring to be(e) a safe, friendly and diverse place.

Lemmy

Show threadmccJun 23, 2023

I think the best way to comment on Lemmy is to have an account on one of the Lemmy-frontend instances.

I don't know of a better way to do this right now than to look under "Popular" (not under "Recommended") on https://join-lemmy.org/ . lemmy.blahaj.zone seems like a good default instance for queer shitposters. Alternately, Beehaw itself might be okay to sign up on (tho there's a wait).

Alternately alternately, you CAN post to a Beehaw/Lemmy thread from Mastodon, but it's a little awkward:

Lemmy - A decentralised discussion platform for communities

Lemmy

Show threadH. Montgomery
@mcc it’s wild that you got a kbin.social link from the “copy fediverse url” icon when the post is on bhalaj and you were presumably browsing from beehaw
Jun 23, 2023 at 9:49pmWeb
Show threadmccJun 23, 2023
@halfflat I don't have a Beehaw account. I just went to https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/ . I have NO idea how any of this works. I understand at the protocol level what's happening but the software UI baffles me
Blåhaj Lemmy - Choose Your Interface

Show threadH. MontgomeryJun 23, 2023
@mcc oh, i think maybe it’s because the poster is on kbin but posted on blahaj.zone so when you grab the link to the post you get a kbin link even though you’re browsing a lemmy topic on lemmy 😅. A bit confusing. I actually have been enjoying scrolling around on lemmy and kbin both. Different fediverse vibe for sure, but I kind like how all the convos are spaced out. Beehaw’s really nice, i’d recommend getting an account there, though they have more limited federation to counteract trolls/spam