Click on the menu, hit communities, and go subscribe to all the ones you’re interested in. Also https://lemmyverse.net/communities for finding communities on other instances you want to subscribe to.
You can not post videos on lemmy you can only link to them. I just learned about catbox.moe to upload videos
If you’re interested in something, do you since up for more than one instance in that topic? For example, if I want to read about Apple related stuff, would I want to sign up for a few different Apple subreddits or just one?
subreddits
We ain’t in Kansas anymore! They’re officially called communities or comms for short over here.
It usually helps to subscribe to more than one, especially if it’s something simple like Apple comms, but you don’t need to sign up for a new account just to subscribe to communities on other instances. Also no point in subscribing to all the dead ones with no posts in months, but I’m subscribed to some technology comms on both lemmy.ml and lemmy.world and they both get posts. (There might even be some users who are only able to see one of those comms because their instance blocked another instance, so that’s a reason why one of those comms might not become the only one everyone is using.)
There are a few exceptions like /c/196 or politics subs where different ones have different-enough rules and moderation where it might actually matter which one you subscribe too, but for general interests, might as well just sub to them all because the worst case is they just don’t add any extra posts to your feed.
Sort by hot.
Don’t hesitate to block communities and people if they become annoying to you. People on Lemmy can be very passionate, I would know as I was am sometimes still am included in that set. This combined with how vastly different the culture of each instance can be will lead to strong disagreements sometimes, if you choose to engage do so in good faith but don’t expect to convince anyone of anything lol.
Also you are gonna see some very radical politics if you are not used to that
Read the rules for a community before posting or commenting. Take this community, for instance:
- Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Psst if you want newbie oriented advice ask on [email protected]
One piece of advice as a freebie: Don’t judge yourself too hard if an honest and genuine comment you make now-and-then gets downvoted. Often times the best thing to do is just to move on. You can try to reach a mutual understanding through conversation, but recognize the signs when a back-and-forth isn’t leading anywhere productive and simply back off.
Pick an instance you like browsing locally, and use that, rather than trying to browse as much content as possible. Specialized and niche instances are often way more interesting.
Main one is applicable to any online space.
Hang back when you check out a new place. Get a feel for things before jumping in because, like reddit, not only does lemmy have a culture, each instance does, and each community on each instance does.
You go to a meme community in one place and crack a dark joke, everyone laughs. You do it on another, you get banned. Yet another and you’re in a flame war.
But it doesn’t just apply to things that controversial. It can be simple things like calling someone dude. Or talking about cars, or dogs, or weather. Sometimes, in some places, there’s a culture that isn’t obvious until you’ve scrolled through for a while. Again, this isn’t specific to lemmy, or even only online.
Always do a vibe check when you’re new somewhere, anywhere.
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I’ve been here a while, and that’s an awesome new sub for me.
This was an even more satisfying find because my beast of an elderly cat is loudly purring on my lap. Thanks softcat!
Just do it!
