lwadminOct 1, 2023

A message to new users

https://lemmy.world/post/6086181

A message to new users - Lemmy.world

Hello World! The last week or so we have seen quite a big ‘boost’ in the amount of new users signing up so we thought it would be a good time to highlight some things that are of interest to new users. CODE OF CONDUCT Lemmy World is not a free speech instance, there are a couple of ground rules that need to be followed. If you’re new, I would advise you to read our Code of Conduct [https://lemmy.world/legal]. NEW USER QUESTIONS If you are new to the fediverse as a whole, it might all be a bit overwhelming. What is Lemmy? What is federation? What even is an instance? For those questions I would suggest you have a look at the getting starting guide [https://lemmy.world/post/37906]. It should cover most of your questions. STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? You can head over to the [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.world/c/support] community. This community should be used for questions regarding Lemmy World and is not the support community for the Lemmy software this site uses. Our Admin @quinten [https://lemmy.world/u/quinten] recently made a post covering the most recurring questions there too. Read about that here [https://lemmy.world/post/4505404]. ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACES Lemmy World hosts a few custom User Interfaces which give you a completely different experience both on the desktop as on mobile. - https://a.lemmy.world [https://a.lemmy.world] - Alexandrite is a beautiful and convenient desktop-first alternate web UI for Lemmy. Official site https://alexandrite.app [https://alexandrite.app] - https://photon.lemmy.world [https://photon.lemmy.world] - Photon A sleek client for Lemmy with powerful mod and admin tools. The only alternative client with feature parity to the official client. Official site https://phtn.app [https://phtn.app] - https://m.lemmy.world [https://m.lemmy.world] - Voyager was one of the first alternative UI’s that became available. Optimized for Mobile. Official site https://vger.app [https://vger.app] - https://old.lemmy.world [https://old.lemmy.world] - a familiar desktop experience for lemmy. Official site https://mlmym.org [https://mlmym.org] THIRD PARTY APPS There are a lot of Third Party apps available for Lemmy. From Paid to Open Source, you will find something that suits you easily. For a complete list, have a look at this thread: https://lemmy.world/post/465785 [https://lemmy.world/post/465785]

Show threadOtter

The list of apps is pretty out of date. For example, Boost already came out and [email protected] is a pretty popular extension. I use it a lot to make posts, and just used it to open that post on my instance.

Also related is how to find communities

I help with [email protected], and the idea is that you can subscribe to keep seeing more recommendations. We also have a guide for finding new communities here: lemmy.ca/post/5581032, which I’ve copied below:

A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the /communities page on an instance. For example: lemmy.ca/communities

For a list of instances to look through:

  • pangora.social (NEW): Great way to find instances related to a particular topic. This is also great for picking an instance when first making an account/moving accounts.
  • awesome-lemmy-instances: not that organized, but it

🔎 Search pages

🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions

🙌 Communities for discovering new communities:

Here are some other communities, some of which are less active:

Remember, you can also post questions about finding new communities right here!

👽 Coming from Reddit?

lemmyapps.netlify.app

List of Community Discovery Resources - Lemmy.ca

🙌 Communities for discovering new communities: > Stay subscribed to these to learn about more communities passively [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] (alternate link [/c/[email protected]]) - You’re here right now - Promote your favourite communities here - Ask about a community you are looking for [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] (alternate link [/c/[email protected]]) - Regular posts with ALL the trending communities from across the threadiverse [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] (alternate link [/c/[email protected]]) - Learn about communities that are new / being rebooted [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] (alternate link [/c/[email protected]]) - We pick two communities a week (one lemmy.world, and one from another instance) to highlight each week Other communities, some of which are less active: - [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] (alternate link [/c/[email protected]]) - [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] (alternate link [/c/[email protected]]) - [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] (alternate link [/c/[email protected]]) — 🌐 Instances to look through > A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the /communities page on an instance. For example: https://lemmy.ca/communities [https://lemmy.ca/communities] - pangora.social [https://pangora.social/join]: Great way to find instances related to a particular topic. This is also great for picking an instance when first making an account/moving accounts. - awesome-lemmy-instances [https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances#all-lemmy-instances]: not that organized, but it — 🔎 Search pages > When you have a topic in mind but don’t know the community - https://lemmyverse.net/communities [https://lemmyverse.net/communities] - https://browse.feddit.de/ [https://browse.feddit.de/] (run by feddit.de [http://feddit.de]) — 🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions - Instance Assistant [https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant]: Browser extension with tools to help you redirect and search for communities - Voyager Migrator [https://vger.app/settings/reddit-migrate]: Tool to help you migrate Subreddits - Other apps: https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ [https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/] — 👽 Coming from Reddit? - sub.rehab [https://sub.rehab/?searchTerm=&visibleServices=lemmy&visibleServices=kbin&visibleServices=discord&visibleServices=matrix&officialOnly=false&newOnly=false&favoriteOnly=false&sortBy=name]: You can sort by official replacements & sister communities - redditmigration.com [https://redditmigration.com/]: List from the migration - quippd.com [https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/06/15/unofficial-subreddit-migration-list-lemmy-kbin-etc.html]: Another list created by a user during the migration

Oct 1, 2023 at 9:33amWeb
Show threadBlazeOct 1, 2023

Great list!

For apps, there is also lemmyapps.netlify.app

Lemmy Apps Directory

Discover a directory of Lemmy apps for various platforms. Explore a wide range of Lemmy clients, join and contribute to the decentralized social fediverse web.

Show threadOtterOct 1, 2023

This is great, even lets out sort by popular.

It’s a little out of date in some areas (so far I mainly noticed the beta/stable tags), but this format is great

Show threadAntik 👾Oct 1, 2023
Cheers added
Show threadBlazeOct 1, 2023
Cool!
Show threadredOct 1, 2023
please don’t use emojis in headers