I’m new as in this is my first day using lemmy. I don’t know anything about lemmy etiquette and don’t want to do anything bad
thanks and have an amazing day! also plz be kind :D
You can say anything, but always better to have an account on two or three politically different instances in case you want to critisize USA, China, or any controversial thing in the world.
But if you ain’t an asshole, you’re welcome! Have a nice journey into the fediverse!
Thanks! When I joined, I joined a few instances, so I can see what feels best for me. Have a great day and thanks! :D
What server do you recommend if I don’t want politics (I don’t like how much is on lemmy.ml )
To be fair I just follow a collection of subs and never switch to the local or all tabs. You don’t seem to have to see your own instance all that often if you don’t want to
You can block users or communities, or you can effectively join other instances. I heard good from lemmy.dbzer0.com and lemmy.sdf.org, but it’s best to just go on join-lemmy.org or fediverse.party and finding an instance you resonate with.
(Oh yes, in case you didn’t know, the fediverse is not limited to lemmy, and is a huge system of many protocols and systems)
On federated social media, things changes very fast, and you will probably move to another instance from time to time. On the first hand, small instance are chill, they can be quite dead sometimes, but that’s where you will find peace from politics. On the other hand, big instances are active, but get sometimes involved in useless drama, and that’s where it often gets political.
Lemmy.ml, I know it, is a bit annoying on some terms, like the sensorship of some swears like “motherfucker” or of chinese criticism, but they haven’t been bothering me so i didn’t really leave. They are federated to a lot of instances and that’s a good point. Am also on a very small server with a dozen of people, there are plenty of servers like that if you dig a bit.
Well idk why did i wrote that much, hope it’ll be useful at least, and that the swear won’t get me banned.
See ya cyberspace anon!
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Hello to all the lurkers (and you as well) and all have a great day! :D
Bots turn down from 10 to 3
Trolls turn down from 11 to 4 (depending on the instance)
Downvotes don’t mean anything and your comments can’t generally be buried.
Mods/Admins are generally far less petty
Most instances are more open about things that are posted, even if the inhabitants of that instance are less accepting of it.
Every instance has it’s own ettiquite, be sure to read the stuff in the welcome.
Thanks! Have a great day! :D
First thing, Lemmy is in need of content and likes recruiting. Hence you got 315 replies, heh.
Basically, if you aren’t a bigot, you don’t have to worry about what you say. You can be politically incorrect in any direction and not get a global/shadowban from the Fediverse.
Each instance has its own flavor and etiquette.
Thanks! Have a great day :D
Mostly the same. There are some differences you’ll figure out as you go but my favorite is that there is no Karma. I like that people aren’t posting to “win”.
There is some debate over how upvotes and downvotes should be used since it’s not for Karma, but honestly it’s not that big of a deal. Upvotes will make it easier for other people to find the post. Downvotes make it harder. That’s it, more or less.
Welcome home!
Thanks! Have a great day! :DDDD
It would be funny to see the karma converted to currency usable to buy awards to give away.
Interactions like:
“Take my hard won [insert currency name here] in the shape of this award and get out!”
Nothing for nothing, get your things for free.
Pay attention to the instance and community a post is in before commenting
I’m confused why, please explain?
Some of them will have cultures or rules that you could be unaware of and violate without meaning to
Post frequently. Comment frequently. Make some friends/acquaintances. Try to remember that the folks making posts and comments are generally human (more so than on reddit). Try to be kind. Don’t pay too much mind to inter-instance drama unless it’s in a light-hearted and fun way (it’s simply not worth it otherwise), or has a real impact on your experience (in which case use the blocking tools). If someone named Nicole PMs you ignore it and maybe let your instance’s admin team know.
I’ve been here for two years now. It’s generally a great group and I’m happy I joined the API-ocolypse migration from reddit. Welcome! :)
thanks! also who’s nicole, like why specifically them? they mean or troll or something? have a great day! :D
No ads disturb on here so reddit is worse.
I agree, I also hate ads lol
Have a great day! :D
We run Arch, BTW.™
I run arch soon btw (if I can get Frankenstein the floor computer to work)
:) (but only :) if you’re not evil toxic arch user btw)
And wear stockings with cute bows up top!
So when I came here from Reddit I didn’t know what to pick, so I picked .world figuring it would be bigger or something. Over time it seems like people are saying that .ml is just horrible. I actually thought that .ml stood for militant full of right wing tankies ( don’t know the exact definition of that either). Lately someone essentially berated me for being on the worst one. Just now, I went to the little pull out on the side to see how to change it and what the options were and didn’t even see how to do that.
Bottom line, I have no clue how any of this works. I just wanted to see some interesting content, news from a different perspective, some fun memes, and some cool comments. I don’t even understand what fediverse means other than it’s kind of like borg technology, meaning that the information is spread across a bunch of servers instead of a single point of failure.
Maybe one day I’ll look into all of this, but seriously I have a life. As long as I open it and get what I want, I’m good. I almost never post because they are almost always removed for violating some rule. The last time I posted a question on a Linux forum and was getting some really good answers only to have it removed for violating a rule I didn’t even understand. LOL.
Good luck to you.
Thanks, and good luck to you as well
have a great day! :D
“Tankie” is just a pejorative for Marxists in the form of a strawman laden with contradictions. Marxism-Leninism is by no means right-wing, but that just goes to show you how ridiculous the strawman is. Lemmy.world is more liberal, anti-communist, so there’s lots of red scare fearmongering over there.
As a side note, if you want a broader user experience, it might be better to make an account on sopuli.xyz or something like it that doesn’t block the major leftist instances like Hexbear.net and Lemmygrad.ml, which Lemmy.world unfortunately does.
Ok, so if I don’t want politics, I kinda just wanna chat and meme, what one do you think is good?
Thanks btw have a great day
Try shopping around for different instances, the one you’re on can actually see a huge number of communities that accounts on Lemmy.world can’t see, as an example. One of the better ways to use Lemmy is to either scroll an instance you vibe with locally, or by using a broad account and browsing by subscribed communities.
Have a great day to you too!
Lemmy is majority socialist and not communist. So as most liberals are, they are destined to hate on each other because neither side can pass the ‘purity tests’ each side cooks up.
Y’all deserve each other most of the time.
I guess you’re right. Maybe I should switch to fascist. I’d fit right in.
All communists are at first socialists, communism is a post-socialist mode of production. Liberals on the other hand support capitalism, and do unfortunately outnumber the socialists/communists. It isn’t about “purity tests,” there are fundamental disagreements among people that cannot be reconciled.
At the most basic level, it’s still purity testing.
Not all disagreements are “purity testing.”
This is 100% my experience as well.
A major difference I noticed with Lemmy from my time on Reddit is communities aren’t quite as rabid about strict adherence to their topic or gimmick. r/whatisthisthing banned me for seven days once for elaborating what an E6B flight computer is for. Because “This community is for IDENTIFYING the thing, not DISCUSSING the thing!” Not…so much of that around here.
I’d say that elaborating what it’s for can be very helpful in identifying sometimes? Nice it’s more chill here. Have a great day! :D
…yet
We are working on it, sir!
No need to show off. Don’t be a snarky asshole. Be nice to people, but be real. Don’t be afraid to be weird or answer with an autistic essay. It’s okay to dissent, just don’t be a fucking asshole about it. Realize that on Reddit, that shit is all bots and Nazi trolls and meek confirming bitches afraid to be real and tell shitty people that they’re wrong and exactly why. Welcome. Prepare to have your eyes ripped open.
haha thanks!?! have a good day :D
Welcome!
Lemmy in its core is a supportive little communities of enthusiasts.
Just try to keep high level of discussion and be friendly in our home :)
Instances are a big difference. Most interfaces, apps, clients for Lemmy will show you the instance (server) in which a user registered their account. There are kind of “instance wars” inside Lemmy, because, between these “wars” they believe an instance, in general, bears their flag and support some kind of ideology.
Please, talk to other users as people, no matter their instance, don’t ever judge them for that.
Judging people for what instance they use is stupid imo
have a great day! :D
