Ask Lemmy

Well step one is obviously sending feet pictures to the mods, assuming you've already done that..

It's somewhat similar, but there are a few differences.

One, the instance matters. You'll see users as BlahBlah@somesuch.blargh. The somesuch.blargh is the instance. An instance with .ml is often a sign of tankies. 196 has a high proportion of trans individuals. db0 leans technical. World is more conversational and broad. Lots of smaller ones around too with less defined reputations/communities. If you want to be a piece of shit, there are actually instances for that too. They just get defederated. (No one outside the instance will see it)

Two, advertisers are evil. There are no ads here. No one wants to make a community that advertisers approve of. The focus is on maintaining the community, not a business. You might see things that offend you a little. Unless it's actually hateful or illegal, grow up and deal with it. If it is hateful and illegal, report it. Mods are generally pretty good in a lot of places. Learn to use 'block user,' 'block community,' and 'block instance' to improve your feed. There's no company algorhythmically trying to force you to see things.

Three, the maturity level is higher here. Reddit is the big name so it has all the teens. Lemmy leans toward older, more technical, less popularity focused people. There's still plenty of silliness, but it's not usually the same kind seen elsewhere. It's a good thing.

Four, no karma. Your points aren't about you. They are to help sort post and comment quality individually. So, if you are getting some downvotes because you said something a group of people didn't like, ignore it. The points won't follow you to the next post or comment.

Rule 0 is still 'Don't be an asshole' though.

Lurk a bit, feel the vibes out. Things are different here. blocking works differently, so does karma (it still sorts posts but there's no profile score and it doesn't sort comments unless you specifically set it to).

Just go straight for that community search bar, switch to all, and just start typing shit in. Lots of reddit subs have equivalent communities here but they don't rise to the top because it's a small platform. Unless you curate your feed, it's just going to be trump outrage posts all day.

Drink water, and enjoy yourself. Welcome 👋

Welcome!

You mother is a hamster.

Have a nice day!

Find a client you like, I personally like Voyager

Browse by all, and by new, and block every community you don't like. Don't downvote, just block communities you don't like. I personally would block all the political communities. Only fighting happens in there

Welcome!

You sent feet pics in right?

Treat it exactly like reddit. Find something interesting and, if you want to, give your thoughts and/or opinions. Some will agree, some will disagree, yet the hate levels, while still existent, are not nearly as strong as reddit. There are a lot of fair minded folks on here.

Go through all and be prepared to block all the communities that don't interest you!

Instance matters as every instance has different "all" and "local" feed. It helps with organic discovery of communities.

Also check out plethora of different apps for your smartphones, if that's your jam.

subscribe to a lot of communities to keep your feeds active