I want to familiarise my self with the rules and workings of this app/ website how moderation is done and etc so I can be extra careful
Right now don’t worry too much about how things work behind the scenes. Just know that if you end up not liking how lemmy.world is run (for example, if you want piracy communities in your feed) you can go somewhere else and still access communities made on lemmy.world
Fuck extra careful, for me that was part of leaving Reddit way too much overzealousness when it came to moderation, plus Spez is a piece of shit
Think of Lemmy as Reddit the site that you browse, when you sign up to an instance it’s like you are on their personal website that just shows you the webpage so lemmy.world shows you the same Lemmy website that lemmy.ca shows you the only differences are you go by their rules/moderation on that instance, there is more to it but I’m just giving a basic picture of it when it comes to moderation and rules
You set up an account on lemmy.world read the sidebar, if the rules aren’t to your liking try another instance I like sh.itjust.works cuz they aren’t tight asses
Soo umm I dot get the instances part
I still don’t really get it, but it doesn’t really seem to affect me. I downloaded the Connect for Lemmy app, and started subscribing to groups and content appears on my screen.
I’m no power user, I just like to read stuff during smoke breaks and down time.
It’s just like multiple reddit websites that are interconnected so you can see content from the other sites on whatever site you choose to sign up with.
So, you signed up on lemmy.world, I signed up on sh.itjust.works
But we’re communicating with each other right now. That’s the gist. Each instance is like its own mini reddit but they’re all connected (for the most part).
No, think of an instance like some guy is hosting the visual part of the website on his computer named lemmy.world another guy hosts the same website but it’s on his computer named lemmy.ca their computers their rules, if they shut down their computer or you don’t like how they moderate then you sign up to someone else’s computer to view the website
The subreddit would be on that guys individual computer you could make a subreddit called technology on lemmy.world but even though the guy with the lemmy.ca computer didn’t set up that subreddit you can still view it, it’s basically a portal to view everyone else’s Reddit
If you use an app they have ways of viewing all of Lemmy, All shows you all the “subreddits across everyone’s computers, local would just be the subreddits created on that computer that you signed up to, then subscribed would be subreddits you subscribed to… technology on lemmy.world and just making one up but worldnews on lemmy.ca
all is actually only communities that someone on your instance has subscribed to. But yes they can be from other instances.
Not to further complicate things. But a community from another instance won’t show up on your all until you or someone else subscribed.
I didn’t realize that so thanks for clearing that up, part of my reply was just giving the general idea so it’s good to get full answer
Yeah, most people seem to think if you’re instance is federated with another than all communities from it will appear, but it’s actually on a community by community basis. That’s a pro of larger instances, the all feed will already be well populated.
Every instance is a different server with its own Lemmy, its own Communities("subreddits), and your Account is only on one Instance. But different Instances are federated to each other, so you can see all the content from these other federated instances, can interact with their communities, their users, can post and comment there and vice versa
Imagine you’re at a convention or something similar. A huge building with lots of rooms, inside those rooms lots of tables, and at those tables, lots of people. You enter a room: At table A they are playing a board game, at table B they’re discussing a rulebook, at table C they’re in a heated argument about spaceships. You like it here, so you dump your backpack and jacket at one of the tables - this is your seat now.
But you’re not confined to that room - you’re free to wander the entire convention scene, regardless of which room you use as your “base”, and other people are free to do the same. You can join discussions at any table in any room for as long as you like, and people who dumped their stuff into other rooms are free to visit yours.
The tables are communities (“subreddits”), the rooms are instances, and the building is the Federation. It doesn’t matter much which “room”/instance you want to take as your base, since you’ll have access to the same content in the entire building anyway.
The room / instance mostly doesn’t matter for the site content, but might matter when something doesn’t work as intended - if lemmy.world is down for maintenance for example, people are temporarily unable to access that instance, but can still browse the rest of the Federation. For the convention example, it’s like someone dropped a bottle in the room and everyone has to stay outside for a while until the janitor has mopped it all up. You can still visit all tables in other rooms in the meantime, since a temporarily inaccessible room is no reason to shut down the entire convention.
Plus, if you’re unhappy with your room for any reason, noone is stopping you from taking your backpack to a different room and find a new chair to leave it on. There is no limit on how often you can create new accounts on different instances if you like their site layout better (content is still the same tho) or something similar.
To compare it all to reddit: Reddit is a convention held inside a gym. Still a building full of tables, but they’re technically all in the same room, so if something goes wrong inside that room, EVERYONE has to stay outside of the building, no matter where your seat is.
…at least that’s how I understand it ;) I’ve been here for 2 months now, also ex-redditor. And yes, I’ve been super confused about it all for the first two weeks or so as well, but it gets better on its own the more you interact with the site. Support is super helpful and friendly, too.
Each instance (or server) is like one Reddit.
Much smaller off course, but there are plenty (!), and if you want to subscribe to another instances communites, you can!
download an app, for android i’ll recommend Connect. I’ve heard great things about voyager for Apple but not sure.
I am using sync, the UI is really clean
I used sync and its not even close to connect. Checkout connect , its way better than sync.
I am waiting for boost for lemmy it looks closer to reddit
How do you like it so far
Welcome don’t be a dick and you’ll be ok
Have a look at the starting guide: https://lemmy.world/post/37906
Just post what you want. Comment what you want. Others will do the same to you. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Who cares.
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Lemmy is a nice place but they won’t fucking arrest you if you use some swears :smiles:
If you’re on lemmy.ml they will filter them. But no one is forcing you to sign up there.
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It’s the original instance also, the devs got that domain name because it was cheap.
Yeah
I thought ml might refer to Marxist Leninist (and was cheap or free).
Off the back of this one, worth noting that censored words vary per-instance. Some will censor the B word for example, whereas others won’t
What instances use the filter other than lemmy.ml?
What’s the b-word is it B*******?
It’s itch, or a creative name for a female dog breeding community
Or in French English, the shore.
Bewitch?
STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!
You’re under arrest for doin a swear!
Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Ok, can do: Fuck.
I’ve got an f-word as well: removed
EDIT: all I wanted to say was colloquial British name for cigarette, but lemmy.world has this word filtered lol
Thankfully I’ve got a spare account on lemm.ee
By what did he swear? And what was said oath about?
Welcome!
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Reddit is a complete and utter shithole.
This. I’ve had a Lemmy account for a while but reddit suspended me yesterday for calling someone stupid - after they made disparaging remarks about someone else. Their account was untouched. I know because I saw posts dated after my suspension.
I don’t know if Lemmy will work out or not, but Reddit has proven they’re not fit to moderate any significant portion of the web’s content and I can’t be bothered to consume and contribute in that environment any longer. I submitted an account deletion request with an extra slice of my mind on the matter.
Reddit’s a shithole now. I got a 7 day sidewide ban for criticizing trump. Deleted my account and now I’m here
The mice are running the litterbox over there, indeed.
I got permanently banned for saying child molesters deserved to die. There’s similar comments about all kinds of other people on that site but for some reason they want to protect child molesters from people saying mean things about them. I wonder why that could be…
Howdy.
Each instance has their own admin rukes and further each community has their own too.
You’re on lemmy.world but you can still I subscribe and interact with communities created elsewhere
What power does those admins posses and I hope they don’t shadow ban people for being a new account
Admins have a lot of power, they’re running the software and often paying for upfront server costs. The good thing is they only have power over their slice of the broader lemmy.
If you don’t like how your admins run the instance you can just make an account on another. Account transferring isn’t a thing yet but there are tools to transfer your subscriptions and blocks.
Shadowbanning doesn’t exist here 😁 and karma has no effect. Most apps will not even display your total karma, by design
Instances are similar to subreddits?
I suggest you can watch this image, i think that will be easier for you to understand
I suggest we stop sharing this until someone updates it. The beehaw part hasn’t been accurate in months.
Oh yeah, you are right, but that’s the most visualised version I could found at the moment
Omg thank u for this comic thingy
U welcome :)
Also, communities in your “all” feed are ones that someone has already subscribed to from lemmy.world.
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No. Instance is like the full Reddit website, subreddits are communities here that are hosted in those instances. Check this comment, is very illustrative.
Sometimes, but not always. Lemmy is forum software and each website that hosts it is an “instance” of the lemmy software. Some are general focus such as lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works. Others are more themed like lemdro.id and lemmy.studio
Ones with a a focus are just more likely to have communities (subreddits) based around that theme but you can still subscribe to !musicproduction@lemmy.studio from your account for example.
No, each instance is like its own reddit website with its own subreddits (aka communities). But because of how federation works, instances are interconnected so you can also browse content from other instances on the instance you signed up with.
