I found that using All to subscribe to things I like and over time using my subscribed list works.
You can also block communities you donβt want to see and view All by default.
this post was submitted on 10 May 2025
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No, wait. I'm confusing Lemmy with Gremlins. Nevermind.
Goddamn it, you're only telling us now??? π
Totally. That's why mine e.g. is much better
Honestly, Iβd just suggest engaging with any topic you enjoy. Comment, find communities youβre interested in, maybe even start your own.
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Read a communityβs rules before posting or commenting. Take this community, for instance:
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Each Lemmy instance also has its own site-wide rules.
Why does this rule exist?
Since there are other communities more fit for these kinds of questions
Because other more specific communities exist for that.
Have fun - and invite your friends and relatives and colleagues π
Donβt eat yellow snow.
Scoop some into a cup and let it melt first, then you can safely drink it π
But do wiz on the electric fence.
Check out [email protected], we have some pinned posts. You can also ask questions as you get them :)
Have fun and try to engage. Download an app for your phone. There are multiple per os so try them all and choose what suits you best
Ignore people who start screaming insults about instances which are not their own.
Couldn't imagine being mad someone is using lemmy the way they want. Isn't that the point of the fediverse? For us all to make it our own?
Just use it as you would reddit or any other social media platform. Welcome.
If you use it in the web version, I have LULs, a script which makes all Lemmy links that point to a different instance which you encounter while browsing, to point to your instance.
BTW, do you know why are there so many forks of Greasemonkey? What happened to the parent project?
oo nice!
Use the 'scaled' sort for your frontpage. Helps keep the smaller communities you sub to from getting totally drowned out by some of the larger ones.
I use voyager app, unsure about other apps or website, but check if your able to easily block users. Instances and communities, I usually scroll through the all free and block things I just can't stand and are heavily just annoying, also has a ability to filter out keyword. Makes my browsing less depressing.
Stay true to your heart.
Find communities you want to see on here and subscribe to them. If you just go through home feed then it's mainly politics and tech news.
Use a trusted VPN and/Tor while surfing
Why the hell would you?
Why?
Don't give Loch Ness monster 3.50.
What do you want from us, monster?!
Four twan it is!
Nah youβre doing fine
Learn about the fediverse as much as possible! Learn about instances and check our their about bar/ page. Download a mobile application and explore the many options you have. Try to figure out why you want to be here. Check out the list of popular instances (a lot of the instances have esoteric names) and see if there's an instance that reflects your interests. Check what they're federated to, and decide if those are the kind of people you want to talk to/ share your interests. There are general instances like ".ml and .world. " These instances can become overburdened. The account you have on their instance is your access to the rest of the fediverse/ lemmy.
Our active user base is somewhat small. The biggest thing is to explore, read side bar rules, and post!
It's a lot of information, and when I first got into it, I felt over my head.
ALSO YOU CAN'T DELETE YOUR COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF YOUR INSTANCE.
Posting to 196 would be a good example.
ALSO YOU CANβT DELETE YOUR COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF YOUR INSTANCE.
Yes you can. But just as is true with posting and editing, sometimes a deletion will fail to federate to all instances. No federation action is guaranteed, but rather best effort.
Sorry, you can't delete your comment if they choose to disallow that. That's common on lemmy. That's why you'll get downvotes on poorly written comments you give up on and delete.
Sorry, you canβt delete your comment if they choose to disallow that. Thatβs common on lemmy.
Please show me a single case where that actually happened.
Do you want to test it with me? I can make a few different accounts on a few different instances if you're willing. I'll make a few comments on a few posts and delete them.
I had one specific time someone quoted me like you did in a comment, but it was something I had deleted a long time ago. The time stamp on their comment was too recent to have seen my comment. I tested it a few times after that. If I can find the comment chain(s), I'll link them. I comment a lot on lemmy, so I'd have to dig a bit.
Ok what even is βthe fediverseβ and why is it called that?
Iβm here to waste time, like Iβd imagine most of us are
It's a series of self hosted, inter connected, social (mostly) media platforms sharing similar names/ templates. Lemmy is like reddit, but even more decentralized than something like mastadon, which is like twitter.Twitter. Most social media apps have/ used to have a specific purpose. Honestly, I should have this compiled in a clean and easy to share format.
Post feet
feet content on lemmy do be lacking tho