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[โ€“] popsyking@feddit.nl 40 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I came here from that post :) looking good!

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Welcome ! Feel free if you have any questions!

[โ€“] popsyking@feddit.nl 19 points 11 months ago

Actually it's all pretty intuitive, I like the idea of national servers (joined the .nl one) but being able to see all the other servers too. I hope we can get more people to switch

[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Welcome!

It is recommended (but not required) to use a client that lets you block certain instances and communities. It allows for you to curate a more "sane" feed.

Also, we are frequently accused of being nice here on lemmy, so just to even things out a little: Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. Now, stick around and enjoy your stay, or I shall taunt you a second time.

PS: You should totally install Linux.

[โ€“] popsyking@feddit.nl 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hey! I'm using voyager as a client! Will there be a need of blocking instances however?

I already use Linux wherever I can (sadly not for my work laptop yet..)

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

You can have a look at those two and make your own decision

[โ€“] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Blocking instances is your choice really. I won't mention any, as I prefer people to decide for themselves, but it shouldn't take you long to notice some common denominators regarding posts and communities from certain instances.

[โ€“] honeynut@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I haven't felt the need to block any instance besides the NSFW ones on my main account so I can scroll in public without porn popping up, but then again I'm less thin-skinned than most

[โ€“] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Hey tradition is on your first day gotta send us nudes! Just kidding, tradition is gotta google what โ€œtankieโ€ means :p

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tradition is do whatever you want and ask questions ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Yes youโ€™re right, great work youโ€™re doing promoting Lemmy in the world, bravo!

[โ€“] UnlikelyPython@feddit.uk 5 points 11 months ago

Google? ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

[โ€“] popsyking@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago

Ahah I don't think anybody here wants to see my nudes, there's enough dick pics on the internet already.

But, I do know what tankie means ;)

[โ€“] Bloomcole@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago

The Eglin Airforce bots and drones use that everyday in the nafo Reddit circle jerk.
Not much difference here except for too small and unimportant to have bots and authoritarian banning of non- approved opinions is fairly limited.
manufactured consent does its work already without need for more intervention.

[โ€“] Lanske@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for this post. I was always on reddit, but moved to Lemmy and trying to find my way around. This helps!

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Feel free if you have any questions!

[โ€“] Lanske@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Thanks! will do! getting used to Lemmy and finding stuff what i like ;) I am registered to lemmy.world, but can i also find posts on the other instances? I also need to oganise my subscriptions and the look and feel if you know what i mean ;)

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, you can definitely see posts and communities from other instances.

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca is a good place to discover active communities

[โ€“] Lanske@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Thank you! this is (again) very helpful!

[โ€“] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Lanske@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago
[โ€“] circledot@feddit.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One thing I really like is that you can block whole instances. For example I don't care about anime so I blocked ani.social instead of having to block every comunity ralted to anime which will be hostet on ani.social anyway.

[โ€“] Lanske@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

thanks for that! I didn't know that, very cool indeed!!!

[โ€“] sk1l0@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I found this post super useful! Thank you very much for sharing it!

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 11 months ago

Happy to help!

Welcome new lemmings!

[โ€“] johlits@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Itโ€™s a good way to โ€half quitโ€ your Reddit addiction also. :)

[โ€“] Speculater@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I definitely feel it on Lemmy. I can walk away when I'm bored and rarely get trapped by my own custom mind control algorithm that Reddit had built for me.

[โ€“] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here is my version of the "I switched to lemmy" post, it got quite some traction: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/s/DHHl7jxcua

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago

Yes, I referenced it in mine!

[โ€“] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There has been traction in that subreddit? Like specifically about lemmy/alternatives? Interesting, and very well written post Blaze!

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 11 months ago

I shared a few posts on !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com about that sub recently, so I would say yes