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Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.


Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

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(Reminder: if you have shared the original version in a public post with an old version up, replacing it with this one might be more helpful.)

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly. I chose to handwrite the text to avoid font copyright infringement.

Feel free to share this poster as you wish, especially on Reddit. All I ask is that you respect the license and don’t remove my socials at the bottom. If anyone’s addition is included, I’ll credit them, and if this gets added onto (or translated) by someone else later, they can add their info as well.

I hope someone can find it useful with the subreddit blackouts right around the corner.

I want to thank the Beehaw admins so much for their amazing work!

(Poster edited; I spotted a duplicated word, [email protected] noted the lack of whitespace; current version is slightly larger and has been spaced out. You can still request the 800x2000 size, but know it is a little squished.)

(Edit 2: Removed defederation part as it’s not really required. The email analogy [email protected] suggested has been added, thanks!)

(Edit 3: Here’s another version making the interconnectivity a bit clearer and mentioning some cool-looking reader apps that have been suggested! Also made the image slightly longer for ease of viewing. I might do some small cosmetic changes tomorrow)

(Edit 4 is here with the date updated towards the bottom. This version contains a reminder to verify your email, lets people know why mlem isn’t showing up on App Store searches, and added fedia.io to Kbin instances. Some colors have been changed slightly to be more mobile friendly, as this is written and edited from a phone tablet. If you have a hard time reading this because of the changes, please let me know. Thank you all for the help and tips!)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you. I'm new to this sort of thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Great work on this guide!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly.

Why didn't you mention Jebora or the iOS app? People are into apps, makes things easier and quicker. For example, I never would have transfered to Lemmy if it wasn't for Jebora.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I cant add my account on mlem. I wonder if I am putting in the correct information for homepage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I can’t even find mlem in the App Store, so you are one step ahead of me.

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[–] CrimsonFlash 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Question: Why are multiple communities allowed with the same name? Won't that create too much confusion? beehaw.org/c/community is different than lemmy.ml/c/community. Wouldn't it be better that all subs go to a single instance, no matter what the TLD is?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

@unsunny that link doesn’t appear to work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

join the same communities together

Let me make sure I have this right:

  • there are separate Lemmy instances
  • I can chat with other people from other instances (like email)

If I wanted to join the same communities as a friend, do I need to sign up for another instance or do communities 'live' on multiple instances? For instance, a community on 'cats.' If there is one on {instance1} and {instance2}. They aren't the same, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] to add onto what was said, the cool thing about the fediverse is that it's all interoperable:
i am currently replying from my own self-hosted [akkoma](https://akkoma.social/] instance. this is more of a twitter-like microblogging software, that i'm running on a server i rent with a few friends. with it, i can't really browse lemmy/kbin communities yet, because akkoma doesn't yet have support for those, but i can reply and read content from users, and i believe even follow communities! and i can also follow video creators on peertube, or on the instagram-like pixelfed, whichever instance they use, because it's all the same protocol, so i don't have to sign up there :)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jerboa has a not very user-friendly interface. Maybe I'm not used to it, but the feed updates jerkily, everything works with a slight lag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I have to agree with this. I wonder how difficult the actuvitypub/Lemmy APIs are.. I have some interesting ideas on ways to browse the fediverse and what I want out of a Lemmy app.

Of course the jerkily side of things could be due to having to access so many different instances to build your front page or /r/all equivalent.

Also I'd default to subscribed - people don't usually create an account using the app and therefore they usually have already subbed to a number of communities, not to mention smaller instances have a tendency to only have a couple of basic communities.

Another thing is some form of community aggregation system, so you can set up multis based on different criteria, or manual selections. Multis, i'd wager would have more use and utility on the fediverse than Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the info! Been here for a few days but it can still be a little confusing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

How can i collapse comments?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Can someone clarify for me - can I 'add' a kbin community to the Lemmy instance I'm on in the same way as any other community? For the first time I'd need to type [email protected] for example (if no-one else had already added that community in my instance)? I ask because I tried to do that, and it doesn't come up under the listed communities. But maybe that's because kbin is overloaded?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Since this is updated frequently can I suggest you add a version number to the bottom so people know if they have the latest?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

There are apps available that connect to multiple servers but they don't yet support KBin specifically just yet. Hopefully soon!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It works with any federated Lemmy server, of which I think there's over a thousand, now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Looks like you can just type an address in which is great. It's a shame they didn't include KBin in the preset list in the big update we just had though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They didn't? Under instances, I see kbin.social listed.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is that Android only or is it on iOS as well? I’d definitely be interested in adding it!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Quick question is there normally a long federation delay between kbin and Lemmy?

For example while making a post/comment may be instantaneous, I noticed when using the edit feature for comment title there is a massive delay (6+ hrs sync delay for title change).

Curious is this common or more of a one off

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