Last update: 8/3/2023
Originally established by moderators of r/Philippines as a short term Reddit alternative in response to the blackouts, it quickly took on a life of its own and now operates as a permanent separate community.
Members refer to themselves as either "lemmings", "lemons", or the few punny titles with an interesting backstory ("sinuka ng Reddit") such as "phlemmys" and "phlemmings".
The official mascot is a lemming (not a hamster!) dressed in barong tagalog and salakot named "Philemon" โ a combination of Philippines and lemon, while also inspired by the Cebuano folk song "Si Pilemon" and a Yoyoy Villame hit called "Si Felimon".
The mucus on the sidebar Philemon is deliberate. Phlegm... phlemmy... get it? ๐คช๐ฅด
Mobile apps
| Android | iOS | Multi-platform | Coming Soon |
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| Jerboa | Mlem | Thunder | Boost |
| Sync | Memmy | Voyager | Artemis |
| Liftoff | Remmel | Lemmynade | |
| Connect | Lemmios | ||
| Lemming | Olympus | ||
| Summit | Avelon |
Tips and Tricks
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For smileys/emoticons, type
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Want to use the entire real estate of your widescreen monitor? Then go to user Settings and set Theme to "xx Compact".
Lemmy "Themes"
You can tweak how your Lemmy looks through several custom front ends.
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Miss old.reddit? Try running the site through mlmym.
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A fan of the large cards? Use Voyager.
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Into purple and dark? Alexandrite's got you.
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Need help on anything? From getting government IDs to what school is best to enroll to? Worried if you might go to jail for ducking your Anytime Fitness membership or internet subscription? We have The HELP thread for that.
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For questions on how to commute, drive, walk(?) or fly(??) to a location within the Philippines, we recommend posting it on our dedicated community called HowToGetTherePH. Just tag us on the RD thread and we'll try our best to help.
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Have an event you want people to go to or just looking to be informed of any concerts or happenings? Check out the What To Do thread.
Sharing files
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When uploading videos, try Streamable or Image Chest. The latter could be embedded on posts by using the mp4's direct link. Example:
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For large images, it's recommended to use external image hosting like Imgur to limit strain on the server. Other hosts you can try are: PostImages, imgbox, ImgBB, and ImageBam.
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With YouTube videos, use Piped by changing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jiEQZpbWtYtohttps://piped.video/watch?v=7jiEQZpbWtY.
Posting links
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If you have to link to a Reddit post, please use Teddit.net or SafeReddit as much as possible.
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You can also run it into archive.org or archive.md like
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When archiving Reddit links using web.archive.org: Change the Reddit link you want to archive from โ
reddit.comโ to โold.reddit.comโ as web.archive.org cannot effectively archive โreddit.comโ and โnew.reddit.comโ. Or just archive the private Reddit frontends instead (teddit.net, safereddit.com, libreddit.kavin.rocks).
If you know anyone who is having trouble joining Lemmy:
- Ask them to register on a different instance like lemm.ee or sh.itjust.works
- Click on the Search icon on the upper right hand corner
- Enter !philippines@lemmy.world on the search field
- Go to Philippines@lemmy.world below
- Then smash that Subscribe button
Lastly, let your friends, e-friends, or internet strangers know about this community!
You can use the shortened URL lemmy.ph for faster sharing.
Thank you for joining and enjoy posting!
