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.

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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    1 year ago

    I’m going to be honest, I’m probably not going stay on lemmy for much longer. It’s just the few toxic members ruining for the majority couple with the extreme political polarization. Some people turn benign discourse into heated arguments and argue in bad faith and some leave mean spirited or nasty comments without provocation. Those are the things that I do not miss from Reddit. I’ve already blocked a few people, but that’s not something that Iike to do, but such is life.

    If I were to describe it in a simple way I’d say it feels very anti-normie.

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      1 year ago

      I just tag people who argue in bad faith with a note and avoid engaging with them in the future. Don’t let a few assholes ruin an entire community for you.

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        1 year ago

        The nice thing about lemmy is that if you don’t agree with how a particular instance is run you can always find another that’s more your speed. That isn’t really an option on any other social media network.

        I’ve definitely run into some assholes on the platform who can’t separate the user from the idea but by and large it’s a step up from Reddit.

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        1 year ago

        I do hope to stay, but if I were to leave, I’d just stop using social media as a whole or use it very seldomly.