this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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First of all,welcome to Lemmy!

Here are a few pointers to help you settle in

Feel free if you have any questions!

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[–] enkity@lemm.ee 3 points 12 minutes ago (1 children)

Not only Lemmy i also joined Mastodon lol. I find this expirience to be refreshing, maybe thats because this platform has less users or maybe because its not under someones control but i feel as if i moved from big, overpopulated city to a countryside. Its like breathing fresh air, i feel myself free, and i love reading comments here, they look like real conversations between humans. Although im not from European Union but im your neighbor from Ukraine and i totally support this movement or its better to call an idea, i dunno. I replaced a lot of stuff already but thats only the first step. Also im really glad to be here.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 minutes ago
[–] Mobster@feddit.uk 9 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Came over from Reddit as part of plan to divest from US-based products. Happy to be here, and plan to explore. Mainly lurked over on Reddit - hope to contribute more actively over here!

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 18 minutes ago
[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 32 minutes ago

I almost never posted on Reddit. Partly because someone has usually already said something close to what I wanted to say. With the smaller community here I feel like I can make a unique contribution more often.

[–] WokkySong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

A facebook friend who is transgender posted a list of alternate platforms to use instead of (ironically) Facebook, Google, Insta etc. And since I had recently been perma banned from reddit for twice quoting from The Godfather (I guess their algorithm hasn't seen it) and various djt related insults, I thought I'd give this a try.

[–] Jivebunny@lemmy.world 14 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Yay to all the fresh lemmings. Welcome welcome! Just don't be a dipshit please.

[–] Bosh_MCCIV@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 hour ago

Still looking around 😬

[–] bent@lemm.ee 19 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This is my first comment, just joined during the weekend. It took about half a day to get used to the lower amount of stuff and the slower pace here. And I really like it! The quality of discourse here seems so much higher and with the lower amount of posts I find that I can take my time and not get overwhelmed. Should have joined years ago :-)

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago

Welcome, glad to hear you like it!

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Thanks.

I do like that the sub-lemmy is focused on Europe as a whole, the one on Reddit was labelled as EU

[–] mihaella@feddit.uk 16 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

i do miss my niche communities on reddit, maybe i'll start some here,other than that lemmy is a good alternative to replace the popular feed on reddit.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 hours ago
[–] matelt@feddit.uk 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Great, I've made myself right at home. As another user said I miss the smaller communities but it can only get better from here.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 hours ago
[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 5 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

I’m a little bit confused still but haven’t had the time to read through any FAQs. I don’t know how to access my account in a web browser for example (I’m using an iPhone app now).

So thank you for those links! Will have a look.

[–] End0fLine@midwest.social 5 points 1 hour ago

The website you would go to in your desktop browser is feddit.nu.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Figure which server you are on then go to that url

So feddit.nu for u

[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, that was almost embarrassingly easy 🙈😅 Thanks!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 hour ago

Welcome to fedi!

[–] Mechazawa@jlai.lu 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I just joined and i'm exploring right now. It's looking good ! Of course it will be easier in a few days but i'm honestly pleasantly surprised !

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 minutes ago

Welcome! For French speaking communities, !forumlibre@jlai.lu and !support@jlai.lu should be useful

[–] yaksuu@feddit.nl 5 points 2 hours ago

New world to explore, keep clicking and wil see where I end up!

[–] Sados@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I like it so far :) Bit confusing sometimes and I'm still trying to find communities that I like and are active.

I hope that many more make the switch from reddit, but I can also see why some people might find the Initial setup confusing or anoying. I think it just takes some time to get used to Lemmy, so I hope a lot of people try it out and stay

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 hours ago
[–] bndkt@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Very nice here so far 🙂

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago
[–] Monoi@feddit.it 3 points 2 hours ago

Just arrived. It seams great.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Haven't checked Reddit much since creating this account. Thought I might use both but Lemmy is genuinely much better. The only thing I haven't figured out is how to visit the original instance from within voyager and how to make my feed more diverse. Currently it's very politics heavy and I don't wanna unsub from those communities but other stuff kinda gets burried.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

The only thing I haven't figured out is how to visit the original instance from within voyager

Top left of your feed, hit the arrow and at the top left you'll see the option to view only subscribed or all posts on your local instance (or all posts from all instances).

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 hours ago

I would use two accounts, one dedicated to non politics communities

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca can help discover some of them

[–] Dogil_saram@feddit.uk 22 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

Still learning where to find stuff, and unfortunately most of "my" subreds aren't here (yet), but it looks promising and will continue to support.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

You can use the universal https://lemmyverse.net/ to see if your favourite communities exist.

[–] Aliktren@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

Yeah pretty much but weaning off reddit is good

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Feel free to recreate your favourite and try to grow it here :).

!fedigrow@lemm.ee is a decent resource for that.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 hours ago

Also consider joining more general communities

!jrpg@lemmy.zip is a community for all Japanese RPGs for instance

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Welcome ! Indeed, niche topics need a larger userbase, hopefully we'll get there over time

[–] vatlark@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

sometimes they have different names.

you can also create any community you are missing. If you use the same name as the reddit community then people will be more likely to find it and contribute.

[–] MrRain19@feddit.it 21 points 4 hours ago

I like how Lemmy actually grew in size after i left it after the Reddit moderation problem of a couple years ago. All in all, it's all kind of overwhelming but maybe I'm too emotional.