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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newcomers@piefed.zip


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

Very cool!

You should promote this community on !newcommunities@lemmy.world and !communitypromo@lemmy.ca

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newcomers@piefed.zip


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newcomers@piefed.zip


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi !

Welcome to our monthly thread ! I hope you are well :)

Here we will talk about feature, ui, concept accross the web and app as :

  • voting for a new mods team
  • nomadic identity
  • collaborative writting with color
  • a beautiful ui, Swiping gesture...
  • accessibility idea...
  • a personal project ?

Well, i hope we will find something fun to discuss and share. :)

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For people who don't know, https://lemmy-federate.com/ is a tool that allows Lemmy instances to know about new communities created, avoiding the "this community does not exist" issue when trying to look up a community nobody on your instance subscribed to.

Piefed-side, Piefed instances monitor !newcommunities@lemmy.world to prefetch new communities on a daily basis.

It's nice to see that now both types of communities can be fetched by both types of instances!

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newcomers@piefed.zip


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newcomers@piefed.zip


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newcomers@piefed.zip


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newcomers@piefed.zip


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi !

Welcome to our monthly thread ! I hope you are well :)

Here we will talk about feature, ui, concept accross the web and app as :

  • voting for a new mods team
  • nomadic identity
  • collaborative writting with color
  • a beautiful ui, Swiping gesture...
  • accessibility idea...
  • a personal project ?

Well, i hope we will find something fun to discuss and share. :)

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Snoopy@piefed.social to c/fediverse@piefed.social
 
 

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newcomers@piefed.zip


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Snoopy@piefed.social to c/fediverse@piefed.social
 
 

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Snoopy@piefed.social to c/fediverse@piefed.social
 
 

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi !

Welcome to our monthly thread ! I hope you are well :)

Here we will talk about feature, ui, concept accross the web and app as :

  • voting for a new mods team
  • nomadic identity
  • collaborative writting with color
  • a beautiful ui, Swiping gesture...
  • accessibility idea...
  • a personal project ?

Well, i hope we will find something fun to discuss and share. :)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/49554960

Context

Links

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Context

  • At the moment, Piefed instances are not fully supported by lemmy-federate. Piefed instances can register as ActivityPub clients, but the auto-subscription does not work
  • Piefed instances currently monitors !newcommunities@lemmy.world to identify new communities and add them to the known communities, but that does not solve the issue of Lemmy instances now knowing about new Piefed communities
  • The lemmy-federate owner would accept a PR that would provide full support for Piefed ( https://lemmy.zip/post/47043209/21035643 )

Links

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Snoopy@piefed.social to c/fediverse@piefed.social
 
 

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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Publication croisΓ© avecβ€―: https://piefed.social/post/1279106

UI

Bottom sticky menu on mobile
Instance-chooser during registration, displaying info about all other instances
3D rotating tag cloud for communities with lots of hashtags
Explore menu, with feeds and topics, separate from the Community menu
Translation function for posts written in languages you can't understand, uses any LibreTranslate server.
Advanced search filters on /communities table
Show poll results without voting
Nicer formatting on quotes
Consistent image thumbnail size in post teasers in compact mode
Communities list shows number of active users not subscriber count
PWA uses instance logo instead of default PieFed one
Slideshow doesn't bug out after a few dozen photos like it used to
Improve search results by weighting post titles more than bodies
Mods can set nsfw and nsfl the same way they set flair - with a popup menu in the post list
Import saved posts & comments and user notes when importing settings
NSFW-specific functionality, like R18 agreement upon first visit, video auto-play.

Posting

New type of post - events, with federation
Remind me about a post or comment in the future
Markdown parsing improvements - em-dashes, link syntax, subscript
Preview markdown while writing a top-level comment
Support CMYK images without mangling their colorspace when resizing

Admin & backend

Log in with LDAP creds stored in LDAP server (in addition to earlier LDAP functionality which stores creds in LDAP server). Helpful for Yunohost-based deployments (coming soon).
Modlog filtering
Account passwords stored in Lemmy format (bcrypt) can be used to log in (this is in preparation for the day when Lemmy instances are converted to PieFed instances)
Instance shutdown process - tell all other instances to stop federating immediately.
Restrict NSFW access in specified countries (e.g. UK)
See which users share an IP address
Really Simple Licensing
When a new community is made a post is automatically created in !newcommunities@lemmy.world
Automatically add remote communities mentioned in !newcommunities@lemmy.world

API

Automatically-updating Swagger docs to ease frontend development
Include crosspost count in Post json
Return thumbnail width/height information with post
post/replies endpoint which returns nested JSON, better than comments/list

Federation

Federate flair changes properly
When blocking an instance, block it in more places e.g. community lists in sidebar
Context property on comments and posts to make it easier for NodeBB to backfill
FEP 3b86 - activity intents

PieFed.social news

When a.gup.pe shut down, the photography group became https://piefed.social/c/photography which is doing well. Snoopy, Skavau and wjs018 are now admins in addition to rimu.
https://crust.piefed.social/ is our new testing and development instance.


To upgrade

git pull  
git checkout v1.2.x  
./deploy.sh or ./deploy-docker.sh  
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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by rimu@piefed.social to c/fediverse@piefed.social
 
 

UI

Bottom sticky menu on mobile
Instance-chooser during registration, displaying info about all other instances
3D rotating tag cloud for communities with lots of hashtags
Explore menu, with feeds and topics, separate from the Community menu
Translation function for posts written in languages you can't understand, uses any LibreTranslate server.
Advanced search filters on /communities table
Show poll results without voting
Nicer formatting on quotes
Consistent image thumbnail size in post teasers in compact mode
Communities list shows number of active users not subscriber count
PWA uses instance logo instead of default PieFed one
Slideshow doesn't bug out after a few dozen photos like it used to
Improve search results by weighting post titles more than bodies
Mods can set nsfw and nsfl the same way they set flair - with a popup menu in the post list
Import saved posts & comments and user notes when importing settings
NSFW-specific functionality, like R18 agreement upon first visit, video auto-play.

Posting

New type of post - events, with federation
Remind me about a post or comment in the future
Markdown parsing improvements - em-dashes, link syntax, subscript
Preview markdown while writing a top-level comment
Support CMYK images without mangling their colorspace when resizing

Admin & backend

Log in with LDAP creds stored in LDAP server (in addition to earlier LDAP functionality which stores creds in LDAP server). Helpful for Yunohost-based deployments (coming soon).
Modlog filtering
Account passwords stored in Lemmy format (bcrypt) can be used to log in (this is in preparation for the day when Lemmy instances are converted to PieFed instances)
Instance shutdown process - tell all other instances to stop federating immediately.
Restrict NSFW access in specified countries (e.g. UK)
See which users share an IP address
Really Simple Licensing
When a new community is made a post is automatically created in !newcommunities@lemmy.world
Automatically add remote communities mentioned in !newcommunities@lemmy.world

API

Automatically-updating Swagger docs to ease frontend development
Include crosspost count in Post json
Return thumbnail width/height information with post
post/replies endpoint which returns nested JSON, better than comments/list

Federation

Federate flair changes properly
When blocking an instance, block it in more places e.g. community lists in sidebar
Context property on comments and posts to make it easier for NodeBB to backfill
FEP 3b86 - activity intents

PieFed.social news

When a.gup.pe shut down, the photography group became https://piefed.social/c/photography which is doing well. Snoopy, Skavau and wjs018 are now admins in addition to rimu.
https://crust.piefed.social/ is our new testing and development instance.


To upgrade

git pull  
git checkout v1.2.x  
./deploy.sh or ./deploy-docker.sh  
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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by rimu@piefed.social to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social
 
 

UI

Bottom sticky menu on mobile
Instance-chooser during registration, displaying info about all other instances
3D rotating tag cloud for communities with lots of hashtags
Explore menu, with feeds and topics, separate from the Community menu
Translation function for posts written in languages you can't understand, uses any LibreTranslate server.
Advanced search filters on /communities table
Show poll results without voting
Nicer formatting on quotes
Consistent image thumbnail size in post teasers in compact mode
Communities list shows number of active users not subscriber count
PWA uses instance logo instead of default PieFed one
Slideshow doesn't bug out after a few dozen photos like it used to
Improve search results by weighting post titles more than bodies
Mods can set nsfw and nsfl the same way they set flair - with a popup menu in the post list
Import saved posts & comments and user notes when importing settings
NSFW-specific functionality, like R18 agreement upon first visit, video auto-play.

Posting

New type of post - events, with federation
Remind me about a post or comment in the future
Markdown parsing improvements - em-dashes, link syntax, subscript
Preview markdown while writing a top-level comment
Support CMYK images without mangling their colorspace when resizing

Admin & backend

Log in with LDAP creds stored in LDAP server (in addition to earlier LDAP functionality which stores creds in LDAP server). Helpful for Yunohost-based deployments (coming soon).
Modlog filtering
Account passwords stored in Lemmy format (bcrypt) can be used to log in (this is in preparation for the day when Lemmy instances are converted to PieFed instances)
Instance shutdown process - tell all other instances to stop federating immediately.
Restrict NSFW access in specified countries (e.g. UK)
See which users share an IP address
Really Simple Licensing
When a new community is made a post is automatically created in !newcommunities@lemmy.world
Automatically add remote communities mentioned in !newcommunities@lemmy.world

API

Automatically-updating Swagger docs to ease frontend development
Include crosspost count in Post json
Return thumbnail width/height information with post
post/replies endpoint which returns nested JSON, better than comments/list

Federation

Federate flair changes properly
When blocking an instance, block it in more places e.g. community lists in sidebar
Context property on comments and posts to make it easier for NodeBB to backfill
FEP 3b86 - activity intents

PieFed.social news

When a.gup.pe shut down, the photography group became https://piefed.social/c/photography which is doing well. Snoopy, Skavau and wjs018 are now admins in addition to rimu.
https://crust.piefed.social/ is our new testing and development instance.


To upgrade

git pull  
git checkout v1.2.x  
./deploy.sh or ./deploy-docker.sh  
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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Snoopy@piefed.social to c/fediverse@piefed.social
 
 

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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15
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Snoopy@piefed.social to c/fediverse@piefed.social
 
 

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca β€’ !newcommunities@lemmy.world β€’ !fedigrow@lemmy.zip β€’ !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca


Hi ! I hope you are well ! Here is our weekly thread 😎

The fediverse is big ! Let's share our small gold nugget found in the fediverse. :)

It could be :

  • A new peertube channel
  • An interesting mastodon account to follow
  • Your new community ! Yes ! Why not ?
  • An cool gallery of picture from pixelfed
  • A playlist from funkwhale
  • A text that moved you

Let's dig together ! 😁

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!blorp@lemmy.zip

Blorp is a multi account, cross platform (web/iOS/Android) client for Lemmy and PieFed. Perfectly if you want to quickly jump between your Lemmy and PieFed accounts.

Try Blorp

Try this community on Blorp

This is !newcommunities@lemmy.world. Did you intend for this post to be here?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 31 points 5 months ago

!newcommunities@lemmy.world

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 59 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)

Yeah, I know what you're saying, especially when I browse "All."

That's why I generally just subscribe to comms that I like (about non-politics non-tech things) and browse "Subscribed". Then when I'm ready after that, then I browse All. Or maybe I just skip All.

click here for a list of communities that are NOT politics, tech, or meme -related.

Most are currently active (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked) Sometimes politics, tech or memes sneak in but they're not the focus.

GENERAL DISCUSSION / QUESTIONS

ART / PHOTOS

ANIMALS

COMICS / GRAPHIC NOVELS

ENTERTAINMENT

GENRES / STYLES

HISTORY

INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE

OTHER

FEDIVERSE

FINDING NEW/GOOD COMMUNITIES ON LEMMY

click here for a list of meme communities

MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR ~~(NON-POLITICAL)~~

Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). ~~Sometimes politics sneaks in but that's not the focus.~~ Sometimes these include politics but that's not the primary focus.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You're on a good instance. Go crazy, fam.

click here for a list of communities that are NOT news, politics, tech, or meme -related.

Most are currently active (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked)

GENERAL DISCUSSION / QUESTIONS

ART / PHOTOS

ANIMALS

COMICS / GRAPHIC NOVELS

ENTERTAINMENT

GENRES / STYLES

HISTORY

INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE

OTHER

FEDIVERSE

FINDING NEW/GOOD COMMUNITIES ON LEMMY

click here for a list of meme communities

MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR (NON-POLITICAL)

Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes politics sneaks in but that's not the focus.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

For new people

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 71 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Feel free to block communities with political content.

You can also use an app or alternative frontend to filter keywords. !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca has a post about that.

For communities, !newcommunities@lemmy.world can help

For home kit, the Apple communities are probably more active, and you should be able to post about it there too

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the main reason is because the people who run lemmy.ml are actually the people whi created lemmy.

Also welcome.

!newcommunities@lemmy.world and !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca are useful for new users.

Also if you’re looking for an instance that has ML defederatrd but is still well federated with everything else I recommend lemmy.cafe

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I mean...

If you build it, they will come

Plan it out, spin it up, and then announce it at !newcommunities@lemmy.world or somewhere.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 136 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)

Welcome here!

Copy pasting from a recent thread on /r/RedditAlternatives trying to address usual criticism against Lemmy.

Federation is confusing, people want a single website they can go to

Email has been working on a federation model for decades. People have to remember if they use Gmail or Outlook, but that's it. It's similar here.

Several communities have the same name, it's confusing, active communities are hard to find

Reddit has a similar issue: you have /r/games as the main gaming community, but there is also /r/Gaming, /r/videogames /r/gamers, etc.

How does someone know what the main community is, whatever the platform? Looking at the number of subscribers and active members.

There was the example of beekeeping: if you search for that topic, the most active one is definitely https://mander.xyz/c/beekeeping with 97 users per month.

The others have barely 1 user: https://lemmyverse.net/communities?query=beekeeping

To find active communities: https://lemm.ee/c/newcommunities@lemmy.world. There are regular threads with active communities on topic such as gardening, movies, board games, anime, science, etc.

Who is going to pay for the server costs?

Here is a link to this question to Lemmy admins: https://lemm.ee/post/41577902

Summary of the answers:

  • lowest number so far: lemmy.ml with 0.03€ per user per month
  • a few others (feddit.uk, lemmy.zip) have around 0.11$ per user per month
  • some instances are running on infrastructure that the admins would be anyway, so it's virtually "free"

Most of the instances costs are paid using donations. They regularly post financial updates such as this one: https://lemm.ee/post/41235568

Obviously there is a sweet stop where you can minimize the cost by having the maximum number of users on a fixed infrastructure cost.

If you want to have a look at the number of monthly active user (the "MAU" column): https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy/

Anyway, $ per user is usually meaningless because most of the servers are small enough to be hosted on some random cheap server - adding more users doesn't cost more because they are still well below server capacity. Only the biggest servers have to worry about $ per user.

I had posted this earlier this week on this thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1fiuuo5/how_much_does_it_cost_per_user_to_host_a_lemmy/

There is too much political content

You can block entire servers and specific communities.

Instances to block to avoid political content

Communities to block

With those blocked, you are avoiding 95% of the political content. There might be a few other communities that pop up, but blocking them is still one click away.

Lemmy is developped by hardcore tankies and I don't want to use their software

As Lemmy is federated using an open protocol, there are other options to connect to the communities without using Lemmy itself.

The first one is Piefed: https://piefed.social/c/newcommunities@lemmy.world

The other one is Mbin: https://fedia.io/m/newcommunities@lemmy.world

However, those are stil a bit less mature than Lemmy, so for instance if you want to use mobile apps a lot, Lemmy is a better choice.

On top of that, every Lemmy server is managed by different people. You can see regular criticism of lemmy.ml (the instance managed by the Lemmy devs) on threads such as this: https://lemm.ee/post/33872586 or even dedicated communities like https://lemm.ee/c/meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works

That shows that even the Lemmy devs are not protected from criticism.

There isn't enough people

Lemmy has 46k monthly active users (https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats) (Mbin and Piefed have around 800 each). Active user is someone who voted, posted or commented.

In comparison, Discuit, which was praised during the API shutdown as "easier to use as it's centralized" has 234 active users: https://discuit.net/DiscuitMeta/post/KdiI1akq. Not 234k, 234 total.

For obvious reasons, the activity is not going to match Reddit levels, and niche communities aren't there.

But it's not an all or nothing situation. Most people on Lemmy still use Reddit for their niche communities, but are also active on Lemmy. And some niche communities are getting more active on lemmy. https://lemm.ee/c/newcommunities@lemmy.world (!newcommunities@lemmy.world ) promotes them.

Also, having less people provides better interactions, as your comments are less likely to get buried in thousands of others. And bots on Lemmy are quickly spotted and banned, while Reddit doesn't seem to do much about that: https://old.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/1fmcelm/askreddit_is_simply_over_run_with_bots/

[–] Lemmeenym@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

!newcommunities@lemmy.world helps. You can also post about them in related communities if the community rules allow and communities can partner with each other to link in community sidebars.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 76 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

The list of apps is pretty out of date. For example, Boost already came out and !instance_assistant@lemmy.ca 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 !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, and the idea is that you can subscribe to keep seeing more recommendations. We also have a guide for finding new communities here: https://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: https://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

πŸ”Ž Search pages


πŸ”₯ Apps and Browser Extensions


πŸ™Œ 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!


πŸ‘½ Coming from Reddit?

https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/

[–] chrisphero@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

Don’t use the β€œall” feed. I only use it to discover new communities (but there is also a specific community for that).

For my daily browsing I exclusively use the β€œsubscribed” feed.

Edit: the community I mentioned is https://lemmy.world/c/newcommunities@lemmy.world or !newcommunities@lemmy.world

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Go to the communities page for your instance, set it to all, and scroll through the first several pages adding anything that sounds interesting. Don't worry if there are duplicates, sub them all. The search for any favorite topics and add those communities, too. Then browse by subscribedΒ»new going forward.

You can also check out !newcommunities@lemmy.world for communities still getting off the ground.

Oh! And when linking, do it like I did above; this link works no matter what instance you're on.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a good question actually. there is !newcommunities@lemmy.world for communities, maybe you can reach out to them to see if you can also promote your server?

[–] oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Yeah it's tricky. I don't want to start a niche community cause i don't want to be a mod, but i guess maybe the best thing to do is start the community i want, pin a post saying "mods wanted", and post it to !newcommunities@lemmy.world

[–] Jamie@jamie.moe 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

!newcommunities@lemmy.world for a proper link accessible from any instance.

[–] Mir@lemmy.fmhy.ml 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] 312@lemm.ee 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

!newcommunities@lemmy.world is probably what you’re looking for

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