this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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New Communities

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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

Rules

The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

Formatting

Please include this following format in your post:

[link text](/c/community@instance.com)

This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't

You should also include either:

!community@instance.com

or instance.com/c/community

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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Trash to treasure, finding/selling second hand, freecycling, or clever reuse. By being thrifty you are avoiding waste and saving money for the future. This community welcomes ideas, projects and discussion on the topic.

Link done three ways for compatibility:

Come here to be inspired or get ideas, join to give us your thoughts or projects for inspiration. I've seeded it with some posts and links so far, and will continue to do so.

This community crosslinks with related communities by topic in the sidebar. If you're interested in having your community with related topics crosslinked, send me a message and we'll have a look.

This is not a carbon copy of r/thrifty, I am not a former mod there either.

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[–] CommunityLinkFixer@lemmings.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !thrifty@lemmy.world)

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Link comparability should be formatted with original instance first because it's a new community it's content won't be federated yet.

also I think @thrifty should be a universal link ... just checking

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The first link was made local /c/ according to sidebar suggestions. The two other, see my reply to unknowing8343.

Thanks for the tip of @Thrifty, I had been looking for something like that. Still learning.

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !thrifty@lemmy.world

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's the difference between 2nd and 3rd links?

[–] Regna@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The first is formatted according to sidebar suggestion, the second as a shorthand, the third was Lemmy.world’s autocompletion from the second:

  • [Thrifty](/c/thrifty@lemmy.world)
  • [!thrifty@lemmy.world](/c/thrifty@lemmy.world)
  • [[!thrifty@lemmy.world](/c/thrifty@lemmy.world)](https://lemmy.world/c/thrifty@lemmy.world)

Was hoping that at least one of them would survive.

[–] esty@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

1 and 2 are functionally the same, 3 is a web URL that will open in a new tab instead of your current instance/client

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !thrifty@lemmy.world)