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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Still trying to figure out how get subreddit equivalents set up. Everything on my home page is the same "fuck soez" message.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For new users here, you can also link communities by typing:

[email protected]

![community]@[lemmy instance]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Make sure to set your subscribed communities as your default view if you get tired of seeing the same local posts from your instance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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!