HCSOThrowaway

Is there a way to "self-post" on Lemmy like there is on Reddit?

https://lemmy.world/post/43257703

Is there a way to "self-post" on Lemmy like there is on Reddit? - Lemmy.World

I can’t find any specific Yes / No via search and my understanding is that’s not really possible due to how federated websites work, so hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can give me a straight answer. I had something I wanted to post that wasn’t very relevant to any particular community, but more specific to me, kinda like a blog post.

Feb 17 at 7:53pmWeb
Show threaddisregardableFeb 17
goodoffmychest
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Show threadHCSOThrowawayFeb 17

Seems like a good community but sadly doesn’t fit my use-case for reasons I haven’t yet stated.

Thank you for the idea, though.

Show threadHCSOThrowawayFeb 17

Unrelated but is there a way to convert someone else’s instance+community link to your own?

Obviously not faulting you for this, but when I click on your link I get taken to lemmy.zip, where I do not have an account so I cannot participate. I spent some time manually searching for that community on my own instance, which of course is a bit annoying for newbies and I would think there is a way around that I haven’t found yet.

Show threadPetter1Feb 17
[email protected]
Show threadHCSOThrowawayFeb 17

Thank you.

In their defense, a feature that’s not known by everyone isn’t really the fault of the people who don’t know about it.

Thanks to you, now they and I know about it.

Show threadShellMonkeyFeb 17
Beauty of the fedi, you can post from one instance to another without needing a separate account. For example mine is a single person instance with no local comms, yet here I am.
Show threadoni ᓚᘏᗢFeb 17
Create your own community where you are the only one able to post. That’s it.
Show threadHCSOThrowawayFeb 17

Until now I honestly thought I’d have to host an Instance to create a Community, for some reason. Now I’m a bit embarrassed.

Thank you.

Show threadoni ᓚᘏᗢFeb 17
You’re welcome. If your are thinking creating your own community, don’t get overwhelmed with things like “rules” and “moderation”. Lemmy have default rules for every user and community. Just create your community, lock it to be you the only one poster, stick to the default rules and good luck.
Show threadrumschlumpelFeb 17
IDK where you’d do it in English, but there’s [email protected], which is in the tradition of r/just_post.
Show threadsquirrelFeb 17
[email protected]
Show threadLudicrous0251Feb 17
There’s also multiple “shower thoughts”, “DIY”, “unpopular opinions” and “casual conversation” communities that could spark OPs interests.
Show threadHCSOThrowawayFeb 18
Sadly not relevant to my specific post, but I appreciate you spreading the word.
Show threadOwOarchistFeb 17
If that’s something you’re going to be doing a lot, maybe look into starting a Mastodon account or some other service more specifically tailored to blogging?
Show threadKristellFeb 18
You can’t on Lemmy, but can on mbin. I saw someone else mention just post, which will work for it, but I also just have a second account on a microblogging fedi platform for that, and that’s what I’d actually recommend for it. “You don’t need multiple accounts on the fediverse” yada yards, but there are certain instances where it’s helpful to have multiple, like this one xD