Liftoff is one of the Lemmy apps I've been testing out. I really enjoy the UI a lot, but like all other Lemmy apps I've tried it had no mod tools.

An issue has been created to address that. The devs listened to feedback about mod tools and tool priorities. With any luck we may have working mod tools on mobile at some point :)

Several instances are defederating from sffa.community because there is some suspicion of heavy bot infestation here. https://lemm.ee/post/177673?scrollToComments=true

This means a lot of the fediverse is not going to show up for users here (I had to make a separate account here just to post this because my instance has blocked you.)

Not sure what the solution is, but I ask the admins here to maybe contact the lemmy.ee admins who first noticed the bot problem so we can see you guys again! I miss seeing my SFFA content and don't want you guys to dwindle not realizing you are being quarantined.

If you, as a user or mod, come across a bug, please feel free to report it here to us so we can see if it has been reported to the git repo.

This is not tech support. We are not solving bugs in this post. It is simply to report them and make sure they get logged.

When reporting a bug be as thorough as you can with what actions you were taking, what page you were on, what you were trying to do and what the result was. Feel free to add screenshots if necessary.

If you are a mod or a user and would like to request a feature or tool, please submit your idea as a comment on this post. This is where we will officially pull from when we decide which features to develop.

Please note we are a small volunteer team and we intend to work with mainline Lemmy, so if there are already features in development we may not take them on ourselves.

Hey there everyone! Hope you are all having a wonderful summer so far.

Here at SFFA we've been hard at work on our Lemmy project. It's starting to grow and we are growing with it.

For about half a year now, we've been talking about the SFFA incorporating as a 501(c) entity, with the ability to fund initiatives, giveaways, book shares and more. We also have servers we need to keep running. To that end, we are opening up to donations to help meet these goals.

You don't have to donate; we're not begging for money. We're just letting you know the opportunity exists and you're welcome to check out our GoFundMe. Once we've met our GoFundMe goal we will be moving towards using OpenCollective permanently for donation handling. We will announce when this occurs.

We are in this for the long haul, and we will keep plodding away at it until these dreams become a reality. Thanks for sharing these dreams with us.

Please remember that spoiler tags may not be supported in a mobile app and to please browse carefully!

Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by our Lemmy community and taking part. This is just a quick outline of where we are and where we intend to go.

The first thing our dev team is working on is better spoiler tagging and post flairs. These are of the highest priority to us because as a community that focuses on books, movies, TV and gaming we want people to enjoy media without fear of spoilers. We don't have a time frame for this, but our team is already reviewing Lemmy code and getting ready to write.

Beyond that, we are still in discussions as to what features would be needed. Mod tools are going to be a high priority as well, but it would be good to know what you all, the users, would like to see. Feel free to comment here about features you're interested in so we can add them to our discussions.

Also, if you ARE a mod here, feel free to add what additional tools you would be interested in using.

Making this site as useable as we can is our current aim. Your help can go a long way towards that. And if you wish to help us on the development side, join our discord and we can get you added to the team.

I assume creating an instance for this can't have been easy, along with the ongoing cost of maintaining it. Here's hoping this works out for us, and I'd be happy to help out if people need anything I can reasonably provide.

Lemmy Markdown Formatting Guide

This post explains how to format Markdown with Lemmy and details it's nuances as best as possible.

Important Notes on Markdown with Lemmy

Lemmy parses Markdown using CommonMark, but with some additional features namely spoilers.

NOTE: Lemmy cares about the number of newlines between paragraphs. If you want to have a new paragraph, you need to have at least one newline between the two paragraphs. Or else, Lemmy will treat it as a single paragraph. You can see this in the example below.

Newline spacing example

Correct

Format

``` md This is a paragraph. Imagine it's a bit longer.

This is another paragraph. Again, imagine it's a bit longer. ```

Result

This is a paragraph. Imagine it's a bit longer.

This is another paragraph. Again, imagine it's a bit longer.

Incorrect

Format

md This is a paragraph. Imagine it's a bit longer. This is another paragraph. Again, imagine it's a bit longer.

Result

This is a paragraph. Imagine it's a bit longer. This is another paragraph. Again, imagine it's a bit longer.

Text Formatting

Paragraph Text

| Format | Alternate | Result | | :---: | :---: | :---: | | _italic_ | *italic* | italic | | **bold** | __bold__ | bold | | **_bold italic_** | __*bold italic*__ | bold italic | | ~~strikethrough~~ | | strikethrough | | ^superscript^ | | <sup>superscript</sup> | | ~subscript~ | | <sub>subscript</sub> |

Headings

Headings are denoted by a # at the beginning of a line. The number of #s determines the heading level up to 6. The alternate format is to have the heading text on the line below and underline it with = for heading 1 and - for heading 2.

Heading examples

Heading Format

```md

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

```

Heading Result

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Alternate Format

```md Heading 1 =========

Heading 2 --------- ```

Alternate Result

Heading 1 =========

Heading 2 ---------

Blockquotes

Blockquotes are simply a > at the beginning of a line.

Blockquote Format

```md > This is a blockquote.

> This is > > a multiline > > blockquote.

> This is > not a multiline > blockquote.

```

Blockquote Result

> This is a blockquote.

> This is > > a multiline > > blockquote.

> This is > not a multiline > blockquote.

Lists

Lists can be ordered or unordered. Ordered lists are numbered, unordered lists are bulleted. You can nest lists by indenting them with 4 spaces or a tab, and you can mix ordered and unordered lists by indenting them differently.

List examples

Unordered List Format

```md

• Item 1
• Item 2
  • Item 2.1
  • Item 2.2
• Item 3 ```

Unordered List Result

• Item 1
• Item 2
  • Item 2.1
  • Item 2.2
• Item 3

Ordered List Format

```md

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
   1. Item 2.1
   2. Item 2.2
3. Item 3 ```

Ordered List Result

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
   1. Item 2.1
   2. Item 2.2
3. Item 3

Mixed List Format

```md

• Item 1
• Item 2
  1. Item 2.1
  2. Item 2.2
     • Item 2.2.1
• Item 3 ```

Mixed List Result

• Item 1
• Item 2
  1. Item 2.1
  2. Item 2.2
     • Item 2.2.1
     • Item 2.2.2
• Item 3

Code Blocks

Code blocks are denoted by 3 backticks (\\\) on the line before and after the code block. Currently no syntax highlighting is supported. You can also do inline code blocks by using a single backtick (\) on either side of the code.

Code block examples

Code Block Format

NOTE: Ignore the backslashes, they are only there to escape the backticks.

md \`\`\` python def hello_world(): print("Hello World!") \`\`\`

Code Block Result

python def hello_world(): print("Hello World!")

Inline code example

Inline Code Format

md This is a paragraph with some `inline code` in it.

Inline Code Result

This is a paragraph with some inline code in it.

Links

Links are denoted by [link text](link url). You can also do reference links by doing [link text][link id] and then [link id]: link url somewhere else in the post, preferably at the bottom.

Link examples

Link Formats

```md SFFA

[SFFA][sffa-wiki] ... somewhere down at the bottom of the post ...

[sffa-wiki]: https://sffa.community ```

Link Results

SFFA

[SFFA][sffa-wiki]

... somewhere down at the bottom of the post ...

[sffa-wiki]: https://sffa.community

Images

Images are denoted by ![alt text](image url). You can also do reference images by doing ![alt text][image id] and then [image id]: image url somewhere else in the post, preferably at the bottom of the post like with reference links.

Image examples

Image Formats

```md ![Lemmy from Motörhead]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Lemmy-02.jpg)

![Lemmy from Motörhead][lemmy]

... somewhere down at the bottom of the post ...

[lemmy]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Lemmy-02.jpg ```

Image Results

!Lemmy from Motörhead

![Lemmy from Motörhead][lemmy]

... somewhere down at the bottom of the post ...

[lemmy]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Lemmy-02.jpg

Tables

Tables are denoted by |s and -s. The first row is the header row, and the second row is the alignment row. The alignment row is optional, and if it is not included, the table will default to left alignment. The alignment row can be left aligned with :---, right aligned with ---:, or center aligned with :---:. The alignment row can also be omitted entirely, in which case the table will default to left alignment.

Table examples

Table Format

md | Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | | :--- | :---: | ---: | | Left | Center | Right | | Left | Center | Right |

Table Result

| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | | :--- | :---: | ---: | | Left | Center | Right | | Left | Center | Right |

Horizontal Rules

Horizontal rules are denoted by 3 or more -s on a line by themselves and require blank new lines above and below.

Horizontal rule example

Horizontal Rule Format

```md some text

---

some more text ```

Horizontal Rule Result

some text

---

some more text

Spoilers

Spoilers are denoted by ::: spoiler and ::: around a block of text or other markdown elements. You can give the spoiler a title by putting it after ::: spoiler like ::: spoiler Spoiler Title.

You CAN'T nest spoilers inside of each other.

Spoiler Format

NOTE: Ignore the backslashes, they are only there to escape the colons.

```md Some paragraph text.

\::: spoiler Spoiler Title Some spoiler or other markdown elements. \:::

Other paragraph text. ```

Spoiler Result

Some paragraph text.

Spoiler Title

Some spoiler or other markdown elements.

Other paragraph text.

Post here as needed.