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congrats from .ca!
while im here: does anybody actually know why lemmy.world grew the fastest out of all of the instances? its not the "main" instance like .ml, not a safe space like beehaw, and a normal general instance like itjust.works. im curious why out of all places, .world got the main influx
I think it was the instance referenced in the RIF goodbye message. That's what got me here, anyway.
Still trying to figure out how get subreddit equivalents set up. Everything on my home page is the same "fuck soez" message.
Go to "communities", select "all" and search for the subreddit equivalents you want. Then you can subscribe to them - their posts will be visible when you browse by "subscribed" on the main page. "Subscribed" is basically the equivalent of "Home" on reddit.
Make sure to set your subscribed communities as your default view if you get tired of seeing the same local posts from your instance.
Subscribe to the communities you want. I usually do so by visiting one directly, like https://lemmy.world/c/technology. Once there, the sidebar has a button for it.
I’m getting older, so my speed at picking up new tech is a little slower than it used to be, but I’m finding my footings.
From my limited interaction so far, I think what also happens is that there are lot’s of different servers to connect to, and each server can have it’s own “sub-reddit” which are called communities. For example, lemmy.world might have a “showerthoughts” community, but another server like “sh.itjustworks” can also have a “showerthoughts” community. When you subscribe to a community, you subscribe to that servers instance… so depending on which server community you subscribe to, might not be the most active one. at least that’s how I have pieced it together. Please someone correct me if I am waaaaaaaay off!
Yup! F Spez, once I'm done saving some of my reddit content I'll let him know just that. I did already report him for help, incase he gets suicidal thoughts. He deserves to watch it burn. 😂
Hi new person from reddit here! Can't wait for this place to grow
Reddit refugee here. F spez.
Friendly reminder to donate to your home instance if possible! Every little bit helps :)
Guys we need more activity on the One Piece communities. I'm one of two people who actually posts there
I'm the only contributor so far on the !vans@lemmy.world community I created.. r/vans was in the top 5% largest subs. Where my r/vans refugees at??
Amen
This is not a good thing. Part of the problem is third-party apps like Sync and other Fediverse advocates that direct Reddit users to sign up on only one instance, lemmy.world. This is understandable to keep things simple for the Redditors but it hurts lemmy.world (cost and performance-wise) and the Fediverse as a whole (centralization) to have a lot of accounts on one instance. I hope lemmy.world can make an announcement or guide to encourage users to spread out to more instances.
I think another reason too is that .world is run by Ruud who is a trusted actor in the space (he already runs Mastodon.world, a large mastodon instance), and so many (including me) probably felt it would be a safe harbor and not likely to get shut down or run poorly.
Maybe ony Lemmy.world's registration page thay can list other instances that they trust and endorse.
Not a bad idea. Might need assistance vetting servers and admins right now though as Ruud is probably busy taking a fire extinguisher to the server room every other minute.