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Is this like Reddit? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by oceanbloom25@lemmy.world to c/newtolemmy@lemmy.ca

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How do I get people to see my community or know if people can find it? I was on Reddit for 2 days starting a community and got banned for NO REASON. I saw this was the closest thing to it so wanted to start here until Reddit (if they ever bother) checks my appeal.

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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Added it to Lemmy Federate; a few dozen bots will auto-subscribe to it to start with, but that will make it more visible across the Threadiverse, increasing the odds that people find it.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow, what a great idea. Does it work for PieFed, too? (I don't seem to see PF-based instances listed)

Also wondering if anyone cared whether older communities were added to the list. Even 3+yr old communities (I run one) probably aren't fully federated yet.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Instances choose to opt in by having an account on their instance subscribe to all applicable instances; those that opt in (including several Piefed instances) are on this list. Some instances also deliberately opt out.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks, seems to have worked well! And I'm thinking this tool will help a community's posts better show up in ALL streams, which can be a surprisingly helpful way to get eyes on it IME.

I also see some pretty major instances seem to have opted out, such as Lemmy.World, Sh.Itjust.Works, Europe.Pub and Quokk.Au. That's disappointing, and I wonder what their deal is?

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Instances not on the 'Enabled' list can still have their communities added, they just won't be automatically added. I presume instances on the 'Disabled' list can't have their instances added.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Hmm. Just added a couple Lemmy.World communities and they worked fine, even though that instance seems to be on the "NOT ALLOWED" list. And yet after a lookup, it's not actually disabled. Okay.