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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Hello World!

The last week or so we have seen quite a big 'boost' in the amount of new users signing up so we thought it would be a good time to highlight some things that are of interest to new users.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Lemmy World is not a free speech instance, there are a couple of ground rules that need to be followed. If you're new, I would advise you to read our Code of Conduct.

NEW USER QUESTIONS

If you are new to the fediverse as a whole, it might all be a bit overwhelming. What is Lemmy? What is federation? What even is an instance? For those questions I would suggest you have a look at the getting starting guide. It should cover most of your questions.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

You can head over to the !support@lemmy.world community. This community should be used for questions regarding Lemmy World and is not the support community for the Lemmy software this site uses.

Our Admin @quinten recently made a post covering the most recurring questions there too. Read about that here.

ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACES

Lemmy World hosts a few custom User Interfaces which give you a completely different experience both on the desktop as on mobile.

https://a.lemmy.world - Alexandrite is a beautiful and convenient desktop-first alternate web UI for Lemmy. Official site https://alexandrite.app
https://p.lemmy.world - Photon A sleek client for Lemmy with powerful mod and admin tools. The only alternative client with feature parity to the official client. Official site https://phtn.app
https://m.lemmy.world - Voyager was one of the first alternative UI's that became available. Optimized for Mobile. Official site https://vger.app
https://old.lemmy.world - a familiar desktop experience for lemmy. Official site https://mlmym.org

THIRD PARTY APPS

There are a lot of Third Party apps available for Lemmy. From Paid to Open Source, you will find something that suits you easily.

For a complete list of apps have a look at https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ (Thanks Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de).

EDIT: Updated the apps list. Also some more interesting links in @otter@lemmy.ca's post here: https://lemmy.world/comment/3962001

EDIT 2: Instead of https://photon.lemmy.world you can now just go to https://p.lemmy.world. You can thank @Rootiest@lemmy.world laziness for that.

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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

🔎 Search pages

https://lemmyverse.net/communities

https://browse.feddit.de/ (run by feddit.de)

🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions

Instance Assistant: Browser extension with tools to help you redirect & search for communities

Voyager Migrator: Tool to help you migrate Subreddits

More Apps: https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/

🙌 Communities for discovering new communities:

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca: You're here right now

!trendingcommunities@feddit.nl: Daily posts with the trending communities from across the threadiverse

!newcommunities@lemmy.world: Find out about new communities

Here are some other communities, some of which are less active:

!wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca

!lemmy411@lemmy.ca

!findacommunity@lemmy.ml

Remember, you can also post questions about finding new communities right here!

👽 Coming from Reddit?

sub.rehab: You can sort by official replacements & sister communities

redditmigration.com: List from the migration

quippd.com: Another list created by a user during the migration

https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/

[-] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

Great list!

For apps, there is also https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/

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[-] Assassin4@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago

Any particular cause for this latest boost of new users? I came here when the API ban happened and am much happier with Lemmy. So welcome to everyone!

[-] antik@lemmy.world 94 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

!boostforlemmy@lemmy.world saw it's official release and the announcement over on Reddit gave us a bump, much like when !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world was officially released a while back.

Also there might have been a (albeit smaller) bump a few days ago due to Reddit removing the ability to opt out of ad personalization.

[-] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 53 points 1 year ago

Also, Relay Pro was the only allowed 3rd party app, and they just released an update that requires you to pay for API usage, with no way to bypass or exit the pay screen. So that was the last of my last reddit usage. Uninstalled.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 23 points 1 year ago

I'm assuming that means the reddit grace period is over. A small number of apps negotiated continued free access to the APIs to give time to move to a subscription model. Looks like that time is up.

[-] Geert@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Correct, it got an update today and now it's asking to subscribe. 1€ is "about half an hour of browsing every day". How about fuck you Reddit

[-] TrustingZebra@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago

RedReader is still allowed to exist due to its extensive accessibility options.

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[-] Nihilore@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Same with narwhal on iOS, just announced the exact same thing

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[-] willya@lemmyf.uk 54 points 1 year ago

The boost believe it or not came from the launch of Boost for Lemmy which was a popular Reddit client.

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[-] IbnLemmy@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Another reason could be that this week, Relay for Reddit start charging... Or should I say, Reddit started charging Relay... Anyway.. First post and all that.. Hi

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[-] toots@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago

I’m here b/c of the advert policy change on reddit

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[-] Crack_@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just left today because relay went into subscription mode. It's nothing against dbrady I know he does his best (made the best app for Android afaik, and even his subscription isn't a money grab) but fuck reddit charging people for using their social media. Don't want snap insta tic tok Facebook twitter etc... to start charging us.

Fuck that shit. I'm old and I remember what the internet used to be. I'm having a hard time accepting everything becoming a fucking subscription (looking at you YouTube).

Also, I'm using boost for Lemmy and I quite like it. If anyone can suggest anything else/better to try I'd be grateful.

Edit: this is my first comment 🥳🥳🥳

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[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 72 points 1 year ago

I'm laughing my ass off at old.lemmy.world whoever did that, hats off to them.

[-] antik@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Throwback to one of my favorite comments on Lemmy: https://lemmy.world/comment/1572043

@Squorlple@lemmy.world

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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly tho, if people aren't being absolute dicks, its pretty frickin' free in the speech department. I have to be conscious of it cuz I'm on several different boards with way higher standards and I don't want to be booted from them. It never hurts to be kind and fun and even a little intense sometimes.

Just afix your heart to the right place and everything's gonna be just fine. Stay excellent u lemmings!

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

Like seriously, I've already said countless things that would give you the boot on reddit, and I've been allowed to just say it without even getting downvoted.

So we're back to the "Old Internet" rules of "Just don't be a dick"

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[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I> Remember to criticise ideas, and not people.

That’s a nice guideline. I kept trying to explain that to my recent ex… the vast difference between saying “this behavior is unproductive” vs. “you are unproductive”.

[-] LiquidPhD@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I think for some people, there is zero difference between the two. These kind of people are "you are what you do" kind of people. Lazy people have lazy behavior, unproductive people have productive behavior, etc.

It could also be that they take "you are unproductive" to be a sort of shorthand for "Right now, you are being unproductive. How people perceive themselves and others in time can be strange. That can also cause problems with communication.

Anyway, have a great week!

[-] zeppo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Avoiding that is something I learned to do intentionally, I suppose. Labeling the person and not a behavior is more confrontational and psychologically suggests to people that they can’t change. It’s also a lot broader, more sweeping type of statement that suggests all of their behavior is that way.

Thanks, I hope your week is lovely as well.

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[-] Pheonixdeath@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

Thank you. Gave up Reddit when Reddit Is Fun (RIF) died. Found Lemmings. Wait a few weeks and now here I am. I have to admit the different instances and this federation thingy, a lot to learn though it feels.more background stuff that Reddit may have had but we just didnt notice. Appreciate the post and happy to be here. Cheers!

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[-] LackingC10H12N2O@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh man... my first post here on Lemmy, hailing from Boost for Lemmy!

My Boost for Reddit is still working but I got permanently banned for an absolutely ridiculous reason..

Here's to hoping that B4L can be everything that Reddit threw out the window, and more!

[-] mysoulishome@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Welcome to Lemmy, I love you

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[-] Gemini24601@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

I feel right at home in the fediverse, it gives me a much more secure feeling than Reddit. Thank you devs for your hard work at creating a suitable alternative.

[-] Limeey@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

So, on that topic of "security" - just remember that whenever you post, your post is essentially sent to every "instance" that is federated (and listening for the community you posted to). Each instance is it's own server running it's own version of an activitypub implementation (lemmy, mastadon, etc).

So on lemmy.world that means your post is sent to literally thousands of servers that you cannot directly influence. If you delete a post, a request is made to those servers to also delete the post, but if that instance is modified or unavailable when the request is sent (it'll re-try, but there's a limit how many times), then it's possible your post will not be deleted and you'll never know.

Keep in mind this also means that anyone, say a government or private company, can establish an instance, federate, and receive the posts of everyone. Their instance may be nearly completely invisible - so you won't know they're collecting that information.

However, lemmy stores and sends almost no information about any user. A user profile does not contain IP address or country or anything. All of that stays in the server logs of the instance you originate from, and never enters the database. So your "true" personal information isn't shared, but your account name, and a link to your account, and the post content (whatever text you add) is shared.

Lastly, images tend to be shared. Lemmy uses "pict-rs" which is a FOSS image hosting server, and when an instance receives a federated post, if there is an image in the "URL" field, then it will ask pict-rs to download that image to its server for easier serving to its users.

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[-] psychothumbs@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

That's great, what happened in the last week or so to produce a boost?

[-] birb@lemmy.eco.br 66 points 1 year ago

Boost for Lemmy was released. Probably.

[-] Onewithwind@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

That's why I'm here. I used boost for reddit and stopped after the APIcalypse

I'm glad boost for Lemmy looks so similar to boost for reddit.

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago

Reddit got rid of their privacy policy

[-] TheCuriosity@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Relay stopped allowing you to browse reddit for free.

[-] DillyDaily@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Yup, that's why I'm here. Since sync for reddit ended, Relay was the only app I found with the accessibility settings that I need. Using sync for Lemmy, haven't tried any other apps or browsing methods yet but so far it's been great.

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[-] R51@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

wow, old.lemmy.world is perfection.

Very cool!

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[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Thanks for making the effort to host and support the community!

Ps: Boost gang! 🚀