Fediverse

With the current reddit migration happening I've remembered when Tumblr promised they were gonna add support for ActivityPub "ASAP".

(source: https://nitter.net/photomatt/status/1594587024245260289)

Does someone happen to know if there's any news on that? I'm wondering if this was just said in an attempt to stay relevant and lure in Twitter users or if they're actually putting effort into fulfilling their promise.

Additionally, what is your opinion on having closed source platforms on the Fediverse? Would you block them?

While I don't expect there's going to be any meaningful impact on Reddit once the dust settles, I do think this will bring a lot of new users to the Fediverse.

Reddit losing a few hundred thousand users is a drop in a bucket given their user base, but it is a significant boost for us.

Hi! I have a 2 cores/2 GB VPS with very light use, right now.

I wonder if these hardware specs would be enough to run a little Lemmy instance (for few users). Would 20 GB of storage be too little for this?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Should we band together and install the similar web extension in order to boost the fediverse and get it up there by July?

anonymity and privacy seem to come at odds with a social platform's ability to moderate content and control spam.

If users have sufficient privacy and anonymity, then they can simply use another identity to come back, or use multiple identities.

Are there ways around this? It seems that any method of ensuring that a banned user is kept off the platform would necessitate the platform knowing information about the user and their identity

I recently made a mastodon account after deleting mine about six months ago. Joining Lemmy has made me curious about what I left behind.

Do you enable require follow requests?

I used to be pretty permissive, but the people I admired had that turned on. I turned it on for my new account the moment I thought to ask this question.

Are there upside or downsides to this? Please share any thoughts I want to know if it even matters.

Like many others, I've been using Lemmy since the reddit blackout started. A few things I think would help onboard folks more easily or contribute to long term success of the platform(s) are:

• an actual introduction to federated sites and what it means, including what happens if your home instances get blocked by ones you've subbed to (if this exists drop a link!)
• a better scheme for allowlisting instances. I noticed the one I registered in got removed from beehaw, and as someone who considered starting my own it's not clear if that style of instance management is doomed to fail
• more / better apps! I wonder how similar the api is to reddit and if existing apps could be ported over

Any major pain points or improvements y'all can think of to continue encouraging adoption?

Is it me, or is it rather slow? If I sort by active I get content that is 1-2 days old. If I sort by hot most stuff are 17-20h old.

There is interesting content on here, it’s just hard to find. And you end up having to sort by new, which is totally different experience!

Other than that I really feel like Lemmy could become something awesome.

The past few days, I have been heavily experimenting with Nostr as another alternative to centralized services. And, I am honestly impressed by just how good it is. The protocol is quite simple and works very fast.

However, the almost constant bugging of the integration with idontcarecoins is a little annoying. Easy to ignore, but still always there.

What do you think about Nostr? Have you tried it?

Does anyone know why the-federation.info is down?

With news of the scab reddit apps preparing to charge $2-3 per month to stay alive, now's a good time to remind everyone that you can actually save money by only donating $1-2 per month to your favorite home server instead! That's $12 per year of savings. You can't afford to not donate in this economy.

The fediverse doesn't have the luxury of mining data or selling ads - it relies on donations. Luckily, without a CEO to feed, the cost of running an instance is quite cheap on a per person basis. I think we should normalize and socially encourage setting up at least a $1-2 monthly donation to your home server for as long as you're using the site.

So nun habe ich mal von #Lemmy in #Friendica verbunden. Wird dort gleich in Foren eingegliedert (was ja Sinn macht). Mal sehen wenn dort jemand einen Beitrag erstellt, ob ich das dann auch in der #MonaApp sehe … falls ich überhaupt was zu sehen bekomme :-)

Hello, Lemmyverse. I'm posting from kbin and crossing my fingers it'll federate properly.

I'm quite enjoying using this platform as a Reddit replacement so far. But I just wanted to make this post about how federation is presented to the end user. As someone who is tech-inclined, I understand how it works - you can join either local instance communities or ones hosted via another instance by finding it's URL - but it's not something you can exactly easily figure out. You have to research and learn how to do it a bit.

I feel like having to use external websites like Browse Feddit just to find stuff to explore is going to be a major stumbling block for the growth of Lemmy. It's definitely not an accessible way to find communities. I'm personally able to find content I want so far, but the mere attempt to explain the Fediverse works seems to make people roll their eyes or immediately ignore Lemmy out of confusion.

I'm not sure what the solution is. But I just wanted to start a thread on that topic to open up a discussion about that. I think Lemmy has a pretty promising foundation as a social media platform in general otherwise. I'm all ears to any suggestions on how we could make the cross-instance communication that makes the Fediverse so unique easier to understand and explore.

New #lemmy instance and community explorer (seems to be clearly better than the one of feddit.de):

https://lemmyverse.net/

@fediverse @fediversenews

The core phrase of the blog post: "no one has done an especially good job explaining why the fediverse is better than centralized solutions".

Feels to me that it's all growing pains, we WOULD benefit for a federated auth system instead of an account on every service, and we need lots of bug fixing, i just wish all these social media shitstorms had happened a couple years later and not at this point...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/post/45194

Hey, I'm not certain how the connection works precisely. Does it appear when someone searches for #fuckcars on Mastodon if I include #fuckcars in the title or content of a post at the Lemmy?

Lemmy is growing day by day thanks to /u/spez.

https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

Former r/linuxmasterrace members: Feel free to join the newly created /c/linuxmasterrace@feddit.de community.

Let's make the full transition to the decentralized Fediverse!

So far for me the process is very convoluted:

1. I go to https://browse.feddit.de/ and find the community.
2. Then I need to copy it's name.
3. Then I need to go to my particular instance (lemm.ee)
4. Then I type manually in my browser address bar lemm.ee/c/
5. Then I go back to https://browse.feddit.de/ and copy the address of the original instance of the community.
6. Then I go back and add the original instance address to already typed thing in step 4 like this lemm.ee/c/@
7. Then I can finally subscribe!

Oh my God! Please, tell me there's a better way of doing this!

EDIT: There is a better way! Solution is to ... use the search function in your instances home page and select community (if it exists already) and search. This way I don't need to go to browse.feddit.de anymore. And links will take me straight the the communities "reflection" in my own instance, where I can subscribe.

Guide: One way you can take advantage of federation is by opening a different instance, like ds9.lemmy.ml, and browsing it. If you see an interesting community, post or user that you want to interact with, just copy its URL and paste it into the search of your own instance. Your instance will connect to the other one (assuming the allowlist/blocklist allows it), and directly display the remote content to you, so that you can follow a community or comment on a post. Here are some examples of working searches:

- [!main@lemmy.ml](/c/main@lemmy.ml) (Community)
- @nutomic@lemmy.ml (User)
- https://lemmy.ml/c/programming (Community)  
- https://lemmy.ml/u/nutomic (User)
- https://lemmy.ml/post/123 (Post)
- https://lemmy.ml/comment/321 (Comment)

You can see the list of linked instances by following the "Instances" link at the bottom of any Lemmy page.

Preparing Lemmy for a migration influx of Reddit users after June 30th requires some planning and consideration. Here are some steps I think we should do in orther to make things a bit more smoothly this time.

1. Scalability and Performance: Assess the current infrastructure and ensure it can handle increased traffic. Consider scaling up servers, optimizing code, and implementing caching mechanisms. Monitor the system for potential bottlenecks or performance issues, and address them proactively.

2. Community Engagement:

   Create a welcoming and inclusive environment for new users. Clearly communicate the community guidelines, code of conduct, and expectations to ensure a positive experience. Assign dedicated moderators to handle increased user activity, enforce rules, and facilitate discussions.

3. User Onboarding:

   Simplify the registration and account creation process. Offer multiple login options (e.g., email, social media accounts) to accommodate different user preferences. Provide clear instructions and resources to help new users navigate the platform, including a comprehensive FAQ, user guides, and tutorials.

4. Data Migration:

   Develop a data migration plan to transfer relevant communities, discussions, and user accounts from Reddit to Lemmy. Coordinate with Reddit's API and ensure compliance with their terms of service and data usage policies.

5. Communication Channels:

   Set up dedicated communication channels to address user questions, feedback, and concerns during the migration process. Consider creating a dedicated forum or subreddit where users can discuss the migration, provide suggestions, and receive updates from the administrators.

6. Feature Enhancement: (important)

   Identify key features or functionalities that Reddit users value and ensure they are available or can be easily replicated on Lemmy. Actively seek feedback from the community and prioritize feature development based on user needs and preferences.

7. Promotion:

   Develop a marketing strategy to raise awareness about Lemmy and its unique value proposition for Reddit users. Leverage social media platforms, online communities, and relevant subreddits to reach out to potential users and invite them to join Lemmy.

8. Continuous Improvement:

   Regularly evaluate the performance and user experience on Lemmy, and make iterative improvements based on user feedback and analytics data. Stay up to date with the evolving needs of the migrated user base and adapt the platform accordingly.

Looking forward to see the new users and creating a thriving and exciting community together with you all.

a few days ago, i was skeptical about the duplication of several communities with the same name in lemmy/kbin. But i understood it's in fact a darwin process : only the best communities will survive. I think it's even a bonus feature versus reddit