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Etiquette in Lemmy instances (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Those of you who've been around in the fediverse a while longer, is there any established etiquette specific to Lemmy as opposed to the normal behavior in places like Reddit? I've been a Mastodon user for several years and I'm aware of how norms differ over there, so just wondering if this corner of fedi has anything similar.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I would say in general no matter which Lemmy instance, be conscious of using others' server and hosting space.

For example, don't "comment to save for later". Don't upload unnecessarily large photos/media, but you can obviously link to images/video from your own server or elsewhere on the 'net.

Try to engage more with discussions where they are genuine, try to stay away from Redditisms that don't add anything like saying "this", singing lyrics in comment chains, shitposts and copypasta in non-meme communities or where it's not called for.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The links in the sidebar here in the Support forum are a good start on etiquette specific to Beehaw - which I think is probably more important (or even possible) than trying to come up with some overall standard for the diverse servers in the entire fediverse.

Did you have specific areas of concern that aren't addressed in the philosophy posts?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

No, I had a readthrough of all that before joining to make sure I'd be a good fit here. I was more just curious if there was common Lemmy culture in general as there is on many Mastodon instances :)

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Basically: don’t be a dick

If you accidentally are a dick in a comment and people tell you so, apologize. Have the courage to be kind.

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