Lemmy

Nothing to complicated. I need some cat subs and some tech subs. But I'm open for anything

Hey. as the title says, this software is good with screenreader, no abusing off headings, no problems with reading posts, but I have 1 problem. there are 2 links after user's username, but they are not labelled. if they are something important, please fix them, else, hide them for screenreader user.

...but I already left yesterday. 👋

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/302114

let's address the possibility that like mastodon/matrix 99% of ppl will flock to the biggest handful of servers

What is the real value of decentralization given that? Outside of like political unrest.

And what role do small servers really do in that landscape? Obv "novelty" servers like midov cater to the like lolicon enthusiasts and I'm sure there are a few other servers dedicated to illegal things. Regional severs are quite compatible with various nationalists/patriots

Hello everyone! I run the community dice_every_day , and I've run into a problem on there. I upload videos of me rolling dice on there using catbox.moe, and while the link is findable, it seems fairly easy to miss it. Would yall happen to know how to make the link easier to view?

Inspired by redyt

Example: $ ./lemmybar lemmy.ml memes

download

I have been using the website and instance Lemmy.ml to make a community but every time I presstehe create button it just gives an unending loading animation. Am i doing something wrong?

Where should I create new communities?

• Wherever I have an account?
• Wherever it fits thematically, like location specific instances or with a focus on a specific group of topics?
• Wherever I want? Does it even matter?

when i open the page or go into all, posts just won't stop spawning and autoscrolling and i can't read or click anything

am i missing something?

edit: maybe i should add im using edge and windows 11

Does anyone else think that community names and display names can end up looking really messy?

Example:

It can get even worse if the user has display name with multiple words and non standard characters. And if they don't have the display name set, then there is "@" before their username.

My suggestions would be...

For display names, limit them to one word, and disable special characters.

For community names, maybe do it like reddit did, and don't show the display name of the community, but rather just the name.
Display name should be still visible when u open the community page though.

I also think that having @before the names that haven't picked the display name is also unnecessary. At least I don't see much benefit in that. Maybe I'm wrong...

Finally, @instance.example, should be visually separated. For example, different font weight or color.

That would make it look something like this:

Since the reason so many people moved because of the third-party app changes, wouldn't it make sense for a Lemmy app to be made. Obviously not yet since the developers are already under a lot of stress with the amount of new users Lemmy is gaining.

Still, it would make me 100% swap full-time to Lemmy. Keep up the good work though.

I created a community here, and then tried to follow it from my Mastodon account. On Mastodon it says the follow request is pending approval. But I don't see any way to approve it from here on lemmy.ml. Any suggestions?

I’m an ex Reddit user and one thing that has bothered me was the lack of customizable flairs for specific communities. I would really love to see them added!

Lemmies? Lemmings?

What is the current workflow of federating with other communities?

As many others here, I come from Reddit. I recently setup my own mastodon and matrix instances so the complexity required to federate with other instances on Lemmy surprised me. Am I missing something?

When federating with other communities I have to manually add them to an allowlist. Why is there no option to federate with all available communities by default? If I don't like a particular community, I could block it.

It would be nice to be able to consolidate posts from multiple communities into a single view/feed- for example, combining the two !gaming communities on both Lemmy.ml and Beehaw.org. is this possible currently?

Hey fellow Lemmy Users!

As far as i can tell, instance blocking is good for not destroying the All feed but what bugs me is that it seems like i am not able to subscribe to communities of blocked instances. I know that the big instances will try not to "abuse" this "power" for censoring the endusers choice but i think having this option is not good. I dont know if its possible with ActivityPub to limit connections between instances or if it always needs to be a true/false thing.

There could be different stages of blocking:

• Users from instance x are blocked on our instance / our Users are not affected if they want to interact with instance x

• Post from instance x are blocked in our All feed but our users can still access the instance

• Full block, just like it is now

If i'm completely wrong about blocking, sorry for wasting your time. Tell me what you think about this!

(These instructions are for using Lemmy in a browser. If you are using an app, some steps may differ.)

How to Join Lemmy

To use Lemmy, you need to be a member of one instance from the list at https://join-lemmy.org/instances. You will still be able to see content from anywhere, but the instance you choose will determine:

• What URL you use to log in to Lemmy,
• What content shows on the homepage when you select "Local" or "All",
• Who moderates your instance, and
• What rules you agree to when you sign up.

Choose an instance that matches your interests, language, and region. (If you want more information about an instance, you can tap its "Join" button, which will show you its current homepage in the main view and its description in the sidebar. You can also check the tables here and here.) Please avoid joining instances that are already crowded (1K+ users/month). If an instance gets overcrowded, it can start running slowly or experiencing downtime, so choosing an uncrowded instance will give both you and others a better Lemmy experience.

Once you have decided on an instance, tap its "Join" button to open it and then tap "Sign Up" in the upper-right corner. Fill out the form and wait for your account to be approved.

When your account is approved, log in and customize your profile and settings. If you change your language settings, select "Undetermined" in addition to any languages you speak so that you can still see posts and comments that are not tagged as being in any particular language.

How to Find and Subscribe to Communities

There are four ways to find communities through Lemmy:

1. To browse communities that others in your instance are already subscribed to, tap the "Communities" tab at the top of the page and choose the "All" scope. Tapping on a community name will open it through your instance.

2. To browse communities across all instances, visit https://browse.feddit.de/. Tapping on the community's name will open it, but probably not through your instance (in which case the page will say that you are not logged in). Instead, follow these steps:

   a. Copy the community's URL or remote name. You can use the copy button next to the community name, you can open the community outside your instance and copy the URL from your address bar, or you can open the community outside your instance and copy the remote name (which will look like [!community@instance.tld](/c/community@instance.tld)) from the sidebar.

   b. In your instance, tap on the "🔍 Search" button in the upper toolbar.

   c. Make sure that you have chosen "All" for each of the four filters: "Type", "Scope", "Community", and "Creator".

   d. Paste the community's URL or remote name into the search field and tap "Search".

   e. One of the results should be the community shown as an icon, a name, and a subscriber count. If you do not see it, or it is buried too deep in the search results, try changing "Scope" to "Local". If that does not work, you may need to wait a bit and try again.

   f. Tap on the community in the search results to open it in your instance.

3. If you want an experience similar to Reddit's r/all, visit https://lemmy.directory/home/data_type/Post/listing_type/All/sort/Hot/page/1, which aggregates from these communities as described here. As in Option 2, you can copy and search for a community's URL to open it in your instance and subscribe to it.

4. If you don't see a community by browsing, subscribe to https://lemmy.ml/c/findacommunity and make a post about what you're looking for.

Once a community is open in your instance, subscribe to it by tapping on the "Subscribe" button at the top of the sidebar. It will then appear in the "Subscribed" section of your "Communities" tab, and its posts will show on your home feeds.

Can't find a community you're looking for? If your instance allows it, you can create the community yourself by tapping "Create Community" in the upper toolbar.

now I can't even browse reddit since there is a never ending stream of posts and comments on lemmy ^^

I could browse lemmy all day, I still need to find some kind of lemmy browsing/life balance xD

You can deselect lemmy.ml from the list of instances

I'm browsing this community from my own instance (Lemmy.studio) using Jerboa. I can see the posts, but they all have zero comments... But if I go to the community directly I can see the contents.

Is there a way to make the comments show up when I'm browsing the posts on my own instance?

I'd like to set up and federate an instance of Lemmy with the purpose of inviting friends and family. I imagine that they'd appreciate having spaces limited to family members where posting information or photos wouldn't erode their anonymity elsewhere in the fediverse.

Is there a way to make some communities private so that only those who are invited can view or post within them?

When searching, I only see one mention of private communities as a feature that isn't finished. But, that post appears to be 3 years old.

Thanks so much! I'm really enjoying the community here.

can this be a setting in our profiles? I hate leaving and having to come back. if for no other reason than it might lower page loads a little bit

I just hope that all this migration is for something good and different, or at least something better, and not just the same people joining another "Social Network".

time will tell.