I know Reddit's API changes just happened today but I wanted to remind everyone to search out and actively take part in other communities!
I know this is the hot topic right now but let's not let Lemmy's default feed JUST be about the Reddit changes. Seek out your hobbies and comment/vote/post <3
Double check your profile languages are set properly. Almost every community off .world looked dead to me at first, but then I realized it was filtering every post flagged with a language I didn't have and .world doesn't give you English by default.
The communities are still tiny, but it was a major help.
I've already joined several communities relevant to my interests and have been posting and commenting in some (I'm still more of a lurker than an active user, I might only make a post and/or a few comments a day, or even a week, but I'm here). In case you might be interested:
So im on mobile and I still haven't figured out instances. How do I change instances? Is changing instances even a thing or is it too late because I already signed up on lemmy world?
Not too late at all. To change instances however, ypu need to register on that instance and do a new account. There isn't a way to switch instances on one account. Many are hoping there will be at one point a functionality to export stuff from one account to another but I have no idea how realistic that is.
Right now, if you want to have an account in another instance, you need to go make a new account in that instance, which is totally fine, so go ahead. Mastodon allows direct account migration, but as far as I know, Lemmy doesn't have that function yet. (And welcome to the Fediverse! :3 )
I'm still getting used this fedi system of things. I couldn't make an account on Lemmy, but I can on Kbin. I wasn't expecting to see Lemmy posts here so it was a nice surprise
I'm just dipping my toes in. I know I'm gonna go swimming, but I feel lost. How does one create or search for a community here? I want to see forums for what I like, but is there a link explaining how to make it happen? I can't be the only casual that is new here.
The apps I've found search across multiple instances, so I've been able to find everything I was on Reddit for pretty easy. My feed from the 14th until RIF shut down was already a ghost town because only 2 subs I subscribed to didn't go dark at all, and it seems like they just got a headstart migrating here because all my favorite subs are here and some of the biggest I've found already.
Which Android app do you use? I grabbed one called Connect and I can't figure out how to search other instances, I found a Ukraine community for example online but don't know how to pull it up in the app and acrually join it :-(
I don't use that app so I can't help there, but if you go to the actual website and login you can easily search and subscribe there. It'll them be attached to your profile, and show up in your app under your subscribed communities. On the website, click the hamburger menu in the top right, then search.
I was also able to do it in Jerboa before and now on Liftoff, so I would get there's a way in Connect.
The only thing I haven't found a large community on lemmy for yet is my city - everything else (including crocheting that I started today) had been easy
Click on the "Communities" link at the top of the page, and search for the word "cat" or "dog". You'll see all sorts of communities to follow. Some are newer and still getting their bearings and some are quite active already.
Yeah I tried that with dog, aww, rarepuppers etc. But they're all very small so I was wondering if there were any with less obvious names that I might be missing
I'm tryin'. Is there a megathread somewhere where communities and instances introduce themselves and give an elevator pitch?
I've tried sifting through a massive list of instances but they're not often named something that gives away their philosophy and it is a bit tedious to click each and every one. Not to mention then having to locate communities.
But I'm chill and I'll just float around and explore. It's not the worst thing and it feels like early 2000s internet a little bit.
A lot of instances are just general-purpose, I think, so any philosophy is kind of come from who's there, which you wouldn't know until you got there. But I find the list of communities on an instance is helpful. If there are more than a page or two, it's probably general-purpose, but a smaller number will probably show the
interests of the people already there.
I don't think there is, truth is, we are like about 5 seconds in the bing bang, it's going to take a bit of time for things to settle and start having identities, some instances are leaning left, some are right, some are somewhere in between.
It certainly needs an experimental phase, I was just doing research and checking out instances and whatnot first few days. You might find this tool useful for browsing instances and communities: https://lemmyverse.net/
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!!! I know for many new Lemmy users (myself included - DAY 1 BAYBEE) it's so fun to shit on "that site" while not posting on "that site", of course it is and well deserved. But, we have the Undiscovered Country up in here. This is robust and full of so many sub-red EH.. Communities that are just like what we had over there, but we can make this whole thing even better. I'm so hype about this!