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submitted 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/newtolemmy

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I know this will take some time to get used to, but I am using the Voyager app. I am confused on what local communities in comparison to the federate communities.

I’m also not sure why there are so many different apps for Lemmy because now I feel like I should be checking them all out, but Voyager is very similar to Apollo for Reddit so I feel most comfortable here.

What is an instance?

And how long will I be able to share photos? Since my account is one day old I can’t upload any pictures.

I’ll have more questions, but I can’t think of them right now, thanks in advance!

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[–] otter 12 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Welcome!

Here is a post we made recently for new users, and it has links to some guides (infographic style)

https://lemmy.ca/post/39167034

The 'detailed guide on how Lemmy works' goes over the local vs federated communities, and I think the visuals help with understanding that

There's also a guide for the apps, but the short answer is that there are so many apps because it's very easy to make them. It's all open and the platform is designed to make it easy to connect to. My advice is to stick to whichever app you feel comfortable with, and then if there is a feature you're looking for then you can post about it in [email protected]. That way either someone can tell you about an app that has what you want, or the various developers will get your feedback and start working on implementing it.

As for what an instance is, see the 'quick overview of the fediverse' guide.

~~For photos, I'm not familiar with lemm.ee's policies but it could be a bug? We don't have as much of the "account must be X days old to participate" type stuff here~~. You can also always upload to Imgur or Catbox and link the image.

Edit: my bad, I see the note about lemm.ee's image policy. The Imgur thing should work in the meantime

Hopefully that helps, and I'm happy to answer any follow-up questions :) Especially if there's something confusing with the guides, so that we can improve them

[–] [email protected] 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you so much. I will take a look at this tomorrow in my free time! This is all so new to me despite being familiar with the apollo-esque app.

[–] otter 6 points 15 hours ago

Sounds good, and that's understandable. I think most of us went through a bit of that when we started.

There are a few key differences, but once you get familiar with them it's smooth sailing