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Welcome Reddit refugees! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by nutomic@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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We are happy to see that many of you are exploring Lemmy after Reddit announced changes to its API policy. I maintain this project alongside @dessalines@lemmy.ml.

Lemmy is similar to Reddit in many ways, but there is also a major difference: Its not only a single website, but consists of many different websites which are interconnected through federation. This is achieved with the ActivityPub protocol which is also used by Mastodon. It means that you can sign up on any Lemmy instance to interact with users and communities on other instances. The project website has a list of instances which all have their own rules and administrators. We recommend that you sign up on one of them, to avoid overt centralization on lemmy.ml.

Another difference compared to Reddit is that Lemmy is open source, and not funded by any company. For this reason it relies on volunteer work to make the project better, whether it's programming, design, documentation, translating, reporting issues or others. See the contributing guide to get started. You can also donate to support development.

We also recommend that you read the documentation. It explains how Lemmy works and how to setup your own Lemmy instance. Running an instance gives you full control over the rules and moderation, and prevents us developers from having any influence. Especially large communities that want to use Lemmy should host their own instance, because existing Lemmy instances would easily be overwhelmed by a large number of new users.

Enjoy your time here! If you have any questions, feel free to ask below or in the Matrix chat.

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[–] goryramsy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Happy to give Lemmy a try!

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

There's no setting, as far as I'm aware.

You can use a browser extension to tweak webpage styles, like for example Stylus.
And then add a rule like this:

.container,
.container-lg,
.container-md,
.container-sm,
.container-xl {
    max-width: 1337px;
}

Tweak the 1337 to however wide you like it.

But absolutely no guarantee that this rule will continue working, if the Lemmy devs do any updates to the UI, nor that it doesn't lead to visual glitches now or in the future.
I mean, that probably sounds scarier than it really is. I'm rather saying, appreciate that a hack like this is possible, don't take it for granted.

@GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml

[–] Bassiette@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm happy i'm finally here the website is also a way lighter than reddit

[–] RoboticChicken@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing Lemmy grow :)

[–] clemthecat@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for having us here! I hope we can make Lemmy into a wonderful place as Reddit once was.

[–] helloworld@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

Idk if that is a stupid idea, but can one host a community that does not allow posting of images and links?

Base idea behind that would be: Text conversations are easier to search and assess quality and topic of.

Here on Lemmy I see many accounts that post links most of the times, no text conversations or in depth conversations. That is why many Lemmy "subs / instances " seems like an oppionated link aggregator atm.

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[–] maegul@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

@nutomic@lemmy.ml would you be able to provide any general guidance for potential community/sub-reddit/sub-lemmy creators or admins on the trade-offs involved in starting a new community (on an existing instance) vs starting a new instance?

I figure for those new to free and federated social, the case for starting an instance might not be clear, and could, provided technical abilities are available, be an attractive and useful option for some.

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[–] ClumsyHacker@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'm a bit confused as to how federation works.

I have an account here, and see a community I want to join in another instance... but I the login option only lets me log in with an account on that instance.

Is participating in communities cross-instance not possible yet?

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[–] anonion@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks, happy to be here!

[–] TerrorBite@meow.social 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

@nutomic I'm a heavy Reddit user, but exclusively through a third party client, and now I'm considering signing up for Lemmy. In the meantime, let's see if I can participate from here?

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