Find communities you want to see on here and subscribe to them. If you just go through home feed then it’s mainly politics and tech news.
Ignore people who start screaming insults about instances which are not their own.
Stay true to your heart.
Don’t give Loch Ness monster 3.50.
What do you want from us, monster?!
I found that using All to subscribe to things I like and over time using my subscribed list works.
You can also block communities you don’t want to see and view All by default.
Watch out for those radicals over on the Hexbear instance. They’ll getcha!
I gots sharp teeth I tell yah
If you use it in the web version, I have LULs, a script which makes all Lemmy links that point to a different instance which you encounter while browsing, to point to your instance.
find some pictures of cute animals and share them with us
Read a community’s rules 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
Each Lemmy instance also has its own site-wide rules.
Why does this rule exist?
Because other more specific communities exist for that.
There is only one real user here. Everyone else (including myself) is a bot.
You’re the real MVB
Don’t eat yellow snow.
Scoop some into a cup and let it melt first, then you can safely drink it 🙂
Have fun and try to engage. Download an app for your phone. There are multiple per os so try them all and choose what suits you best
Have fun - and invite your friends and relatives and colleagues 😎
Just use it as you would reddit or any other social media platform. Welcome.
Honestly, I’d just suggest engaging with any topic you enjoy. Comment, find communities you’re interested in, maybe even start your own.
Welcome! Lemmy is a great place.