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]

Any particular cause for this latest boost of new users? I came here when the API ban happened and am much happier with Lemmy. So welcome to everyone!

Boost for Lemmy saw it’s official release and the announcement over on Reddit gave us a bump, much like when Sync for Lemmy was officially released a while back.

Also there might have been a (albeit smaller) bump a few days ago due to Reddit removing the ability to opt out of ad personalization.

Boost for Lemmy - Lemmy.World

Community of the Android app Boost for Lemmy [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy] Play Store Link [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8e154c4a-bd6e-4581-8dbd-5b1e7e726331.png]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy * ☕ Buy me a coffee [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mayayo] * 🪙 PayPal [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=ZMHYR9AX4LTTQ&no_recurring=1&item_name=Thanks+for+supporting+Boost+For+Lemmy%21&currency_code=EUR]

Also, Relay Pro was the only allowed 3rd party app, and they just released an update that requires you to pay for API usage, with no way to bypass or exit the pay screen. So that was the last of my last reddit usage. Uninstalled.
Narwhal still works but it’s terrible so I get why prime pretend it doesn’t exist.