Shifted here from Reddit, looking for advice on how to navigate the platform

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    6·
    4 hours ago

    Treat it exactly like reddit. Find something interesting and, if you want to, give your thoughts and/or opinions. Some will agree, some will disagree, yet the hate levels, while still existent, are not nearly as strong as reddit. There are a lot of fair minded folks on here.

  • farmgineer@nord.pubEnglish
    3·
    4 hours ago

    I use PieFed which is similar to lemmy. Mbin is also another option. This is determined by your instance (basically your domain name) not by you. They all have various good and bad points and all talk to one another.

    If you desire, you can use clients (apps/frontends) to browse. I just use my web browser, even on mobile.

    I prefer to not subscribe to communities, but rather block things I will never be interested in. I then set my sort to active and see what’s going on. If I find a community I have zero interest in, I block it. You may find subscribing to things that you like instead better, but I like to see what all is out there. Generally, though it depends on the instance software and client, one can block people, communities (magazines in mbin speak), whole instances, or keywords in a sort of filter.

    There’s more, but this may already be too much or too technical.

    Basically, just comment, post, and don’t be a dick and the rest will work itself out.

  • Chaunticleer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    251·
    9 hours ago

    Lurk a bit, feel the vibes out. Things are different here. blocking works differently, so does karma (it still sorts posts but there’s no profile score and it doesn’t sort comments unless you specifically set it to).

    Just go straight for that community search bar, switch to all, and just start typing shit in. Lots of reddit subs have equivalent communities here but they don’t rise to the top because it’s a small platform. Unless you curate your feed, it’s just going to be trump outrage posts all day.

    Drink water, and enjoy yourself. Welcome 👋

  • shittydwarf@piefed.caEnglish
    862·
    12 hours ago

    Well step one is obviously sending feet pictures to the mods, assuming you’ve already done that…

  • sunsofold@lemmy.zip
    632·
    12 hours ago

    It’s somewhat similar, but there are a few differences.

    One, the instance matters. You’ll see users as [email protected]. The somesuch.blargh is the instance. An instance with .ml is often a sign of tankies. 196 has a high proportion of trans individuals. db0 leans technical. World is more conversational and broad. Lots of smaller ones around too with less defined reputations/communities. If you want to be a piece of shit, there are actually instances for that too. They just get defederated. (No one outside the instance will see it)

    Two, advertisers are evil. There are no ads here. No one wants to make a community that advertisers approve of. The focus is on maintaining the community, not a business. You might see things that offend you a little. Unless it’s actually hateful or illegal, grow up and deal with it. If it is hateful and illegal, report it. Mods are generally pretty good in a lot of places. Learn to use ‘block user,’ ‘block community,’ and ‘block instance’ to improve your feed. There’s no company algorhythmically trying to force you to see things.

    Three, the maturity level is higher here. Reddit is the big name so it has all the teens. Lemmy leans toward older, more technical, less popularity focused people. There’s still plenty of silliness, but it’s not usually the same kind seen elsewhere. It’s a good thing.

    Four, no karma. Your points aren’t about you. They are to help sort post and comment quality individually. So, if you are getting some downvotes because you said something a group of people didn’t like, ignore it. The points won’t follow you to the next post or comment.

    Rule 0 is still ‘Don’t be an asshole’ though.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 hours ago

      Three, the maturity level is higher here. Reddit is the big name so it has all the teens. Lemmy leans toward older, more technical, less popularity focused people. There’s still plenty of silliness, but it’s not usually the same kind seen elsewhere. It’s a good thing.

      This deserves a special highlight. The low-effort “insult-jokes” that get repeated on Reddit don’t fly here. Attacking people instead of their message goes directly against some community rules (a lot have a sidebar rule of “be civil” and repeated offenses do result in bans.) If somebody leaves a nasty comment, don’t engage - just click the button below their comment with three vertical dots, click “Create Report,” and comment the number of the rule being broken. We’re actively trying to avoid that particular aspect of Reddit toxicity here, so it’s better to report and move on rather than get dragged into the mire yourself.

      Since we’re a smaller community, your posts and comments are more likely to get responses here. You will eventually start to recognize some names popping up over and again due to this. If you felt trepidation from seeing that you have a response on Reddit, you may find it slowly fading while being here. It’s really a breath of fresh air. I used to get anxious knowing I had responses on Reddit, knowing that 9 times out of 10 (pulling numbers out of my ass here) it would be someone coming in with an insult or a “gotcha.” But here, it’s usually a friendly response or a polite disagreement. The mods can be quick, too - one of the few times somebody replied to something of mine with a nasty comment, I never even saw it because the mods had already blocked the user by the time I checked my messages.

      Speaking of messages, it’s important to note that due to the nature of the fediverse, they aren’t truly “private.” Not that they’re being shared publicly, but rather that federation across instances means even your messages go across multiple servers, not just to your intended recipient. (I’m not an expert on this, but this is my understanding. Others might have more information on how this all works.) So it’s smart to be careful what information you share, even in direct messages.

    • hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.appEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      Yeah

      The no karma is actually good

      Makes you not conform to general public as much as it makes you wanna be yourself

      • Ludrol@szmer.info
        29·
        10 hours ago

        For networking mastodon side of fediverse would be better for it. There you can follow, and talk with individuals. Not the hive mind of a community.

        Technically you can talk from lemmy to mastodon, but it’s better to make a mastodon account.

          • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
            6·
            10 hours ago

            I’ve recently jumped onto masto as well. It is far more effective for networking. Its horrible as a news/current affairs feed.

            I find Lemmy and Masto complement each other well.

            Piefed is supposed to be one that brings the two forms of presentation (lemmy style and masto style) together but you’d have to ask a piefed person how effective or useful that is.

            I’ve tried Pixelfed as well, really nice people there. Lemmy is full of cynical bastards (like me), Masto seems full of really motivated and productive people, but Pixellfed I found only genuinely nice people.

            On the downside, i found it a bit limited. I suppose because it doesn’t really revolve around a social centre (lemmy’s all and local feeds) like Lemmy does so I couldn’t really orient myself very easily there. Maybe because its feed based and there was only one person I knew a little about there.

            • pmk@piefed.caEnglish
              5·
              9 hours ago

              About piefed, it’s pretty much lemmy but written in python iirc. Maybe you’re thinking about mbin?

              • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
                2·
                7 hours ago

                Nah, I’s thinking Piefed, but I’ve never tried it so I’ve no idea how successful that part was. Obviously by your comment not very 😆

                I don’t really know why mbin isn’t more popular. I tend to forget about it.

                • pmk@piefed.caEnglish
                  2·
                  7 hours ago

                  Hah! I was not aware. I’ve been on piefed for a year or so now and never noticed any mastodon integration. I guess that could be both because it doesn’t work, or because it works really well, but… I’m thinking the former is more likely.

            • Grail@multiverse.soulism.netEnglish
              1·
              7 hours ago

              Piefed isn’t like Mastodon at all. In fact, it can’t (yet) follow mastodon users. Following other forumverse users is an upcoming big feature.

      • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        33·
        11 hours ago

        I don’t really see Lemmy as being used for networking, it is possible, but most people here are even more careful of their anonymity than on reddit.

      • Andrew Beveridge@sh.itjust.works
        171·
        11 hours ago

        Counterpoint from my personal opinion: instance doesn’t matter, don’t assume people have certain views based on that, try to avoid stereotyping or being a dick to anyone, spread acceptance and love to everyone and if someone’s a dick to you just block them or ignore and move on. As with Reddit, the strength is in niche communities, and while Lemmy is still obviously way smaller, there are still some great niche communities here if you look for them - just try not to be put off if it turns out to be basically just one person keeping a community alive by posting regularly. Engage! I’ve actually posted and commented way more here than I ever did on Reddit cos it feels like people actually reply and pay attention to stuff here and the mobile apps are great (boost, sync, etc)

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    161·
    12 hours ago

    Find a client you like, I personally like Voyager

    Browse by all, and by new, and block every community you don’t like. Don’t downvote, just block communities you don’t like. I personally would block all the political communities. Only fighting happens in there

  • Ludrol@szmer.info
    4·
    10 hours ago

    Instance matters as every instance has different “all” and “local” feed. It helps with organic discovery of communities.

    Also check out plethora of different apps for your smartphones, if that’s your jam.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
    6·
    12 hours ago

    I use All and sort by HOT for post perusing. This keeps the feed fresh and you get to skip all of the bullshit that happens when threads get to popular.

      • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        5·
        10 hours ago

        Just note that you will end up with a huge block list.

        There are a lot of communities in other languages, plenty of NSFW communities not to mention several entire instances that are annoying.

        I have been here for almost 3 years now, and I still keep adding communities to the blocklist.

          • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            9 hours ago

            I don’t really know what post you are referring to, and I don’t really need to, just be aware that reading All will be an exercise in blocking communities and instances as you find them.

            I am not going to name or shame specific communities for you to avoid as that is unfair, and you need to make up your own mind about what you want to filter.

            I will however give you some tips on how I read All:

            1. Before blocking, have a quick scroll through the community to verify your first impressions, is the post you first saw representative of the community.
            2. Read the sidebar, most more active communities have some sort of description in the sidebar, is the community something you are interested in, or will you just be annoyed? I have a lot of communities blocked that I in general agree with, but find the community a bit too spammy or annoying, so I find the best thing to do is to block and move on, they don’t bother me, and I don’t bother them.
            3. Pay attention to the instance, there is no restriction on using the same name as another community on a different instance, [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] (if they all exists) would be completely different communities with different audiences and biases.
            4. Listen to rumors, but gather more information, there are instances which has reputations of being trolls, tankies, fascists, or something else entirely, you WILL be judged based on the instance you are on, accept it and try to be excellent to others regardless, but don’t take abuse, block and move on.
            5. Your view of Lemmy will be different from other users, every instance has different federation status with other instances, lemmy.world for instance has far more instances defederated than lemmy.zip for example.
            6. Blocking an instance does NOT block their users, you only block their communities and the threads there, not the users, they can still comment on and post threads on other instances and you can read them.
            7. Lemmy is not just Lemmy, Lemmy is part of the Feddiverse, a federated network of social media services, we have Mastodon, Pixelfed, Piefed and many more, most of which can post and interact with eachother in some ways.
  • impudentmortal@lemmy.world
    4·
    11 hours ago

    What are you using to browse lemmy? On Android, I really like the Voyager app since it is pretty similar to reddit.

    For more general advice, you can view popular communities and join those since they’re more active. I think that’s the thing I miss most about reddit was that niche subs had more activity.