Coming from Reddit also, and trying to navigate around here - Happy Canada Day!π
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2023
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Thank you for approving me! And on Canada Day too!
Very new to Quebec, really excited about the sudden increase in decentralization. Mostly here for learning about Canada+QC and lurk on linux related chatter :)
Hello from Ontario. Using Jerboa.
Hi all, happy to be here. Just joined a few moments ago. Looking forward to discovering how the fediverse works in this context (also a mastodon user)!
Hi,
Yet another Reddit migrant here. Stopped using RIF the day the blackout started and never went back.
I downloaded a app today called Connect for Lemmy from the Google app store. Seems ok so far, and decided to connect to your instance since, hey I'm in Canada.
I seemed to find a lot of the local communities I was in on Reddit here, however the content is not nearly as much as in Reddit. Hopefully more people migrate here.
If you ever do set something up to help fund the ongoing costs I'm definately in.
New to lemmy as a previous redditor. I'm having a hell of a time trying to subscribe to other server's communities. For instance, if I search [email protected] on lemmy.ca, nothing is found, having the same issue with [email protected]. How do I subscribe to these communities from a lemmy.ca account? Thanks in advance for any help!
i first tried the search for [[email protected]](/c/[email protected]), but then tried the url (https://lemmy.world/c/indieheads), and it found it. a bit weird, but it now looks like if you search either one now it'll come up. maybe a weird federation quirk.
the wine one is weird though. going to https://lemmy.world/c/wine gives a 404, and if i search for it on their site i get this: https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected], but searching for that here doesn't appear to work either.
i'm guessing it's an issue related to this: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3017
i can contact their admin to see if they can "fix" that community for now.
Thanks for your help! Searching [email protected] still doesn't work for me but https://lemmy.ca/c/[email protected] does now work for me. Any followup on the wine one is greatly appreciated too!
you're welcome! and yes, i will let you know if i hear anything.
Sorry just as a followup to this: I made some comments in indieheads... but I notice it only shows my comments. If I access the community through lemmy.world/c/indieheads, I see everyone else's comments.
What I see from lemmy.ca: https://i.imgur.com/1RwUsLg.png What I see from lemmy.world: https://i.imgur.com/lw09mJG.png
Any idea why?
yeah, if you're the first subscriber to a remote instance, it usually takes an hour or two for the community to get sync'ed properly. but once it is, updates should be quick.
it should be working now.
Thanks :)
Hello from Hamilton!
Redditor of 11 years chiming in from BC.
Glad to be here! I went ahead and made a couple of communities to mirror Reddit's KingstonOntario. I prefer the underscore since there's no capitalization, but I made another without the underscore just to avoid someone else making it and splitting the community. Hopefully we can get more posts and ones of higher quality than over on the ol' Reddit. I've been using Reddit since before Digg thought it would be a good idea to do exactly what Reddit is now doing... History repeats itself until we learn I guess!
Hey neighbours! West coast checking in here.
Like pretty much everyone else in this thread, I've got a nerdy background and I'm jumping ship from Reddit before spez completely implodes the site. Time to grab some poutine and enjoy the fireworks, I guess.
Heyo! Nice to be here, excited for Lemmy so far. Thanks for hosting!
There seems to be an issue with the signup process on lemmy.ca. I've been trying to signup for a while today but the Sign Up button just keeps spinning when I click it. I've tried numerous things to try to fix it and nothing seems to work. Signed up on a different server so I could report the issue.
hmmm, that's really weird. i've had a bunch of signups today already, and had one just a few minutes ago? i'll test it out and check the logs to see if i can find anything.
i think i heard some other users have issues and i think they maybe tried with a different browser and it worked? or maybe it's an extension or something causing issues? as long as javascript/websockets is enabled there should be an issue?
actually, come to think of it, i thought i read about an issue where it wasn't giving a proper error if something went wrong, like a duplicate username or something. if you let me know the username you were trying i can see if it exists already or not?
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I had a similar issue, turns out the username I'd chosen was too long. After I shortened the name it went through.
Of course if your username was greg that's not it, but leaving this for anyone else who may find it.
edit: in hindsigh might have been a taken username.
Hello there. I've been dabbling a bit on sites to escape reddit and that retard spez. I am currently trying this, said it, scored and poal. I'm hoping I can find a new place to enjoy. My main concern is the hobby subs may not compare well to those I used on reddit.
I just signed up tonight. I tried to log in about an hour after signing up, and it worked. Now I have to see whether I can find a community that lives elsewhere on lemmy.
Hello Lemmians... Lemmites? Lemmons?
What's the preferred nomenclature for the denizens of this site?
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Aloha. I see that "mamot.fr" is a linked instance here. Can I subscribe here, to something like mamot.fr/@pluralistic?
unfortunately not. I too enjoy Cory's writings. I think that following users might be a planned feature?
mastodon users can post/comment on stuff at lemmy however.
Any reason why my front page is mostly posts from a week ago, regardless of whether i set it to "Hot" or "Active"?
Top of the Day or New seem to be the best options right now. Top of the Day should return new posts with lots of activity, while New will often return posts that don't yet have comments.
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Can somebody explain to me why this is "Canadian Server, run by Canadians"... but located in the Netherlands?
Edit: thanks for the informative responses!
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Hello fellow humans. Iβm actually from a different CA, California. But Iβm a believer that you should choose an instance based upon the administration not on topic, and this one feels much more in line with my sensibilities than the other large ones. Sorry to stereotype, but the conversations feel kinder here than elsewhere (even by the already nice standards of lemmy instances overall.)
I donβt much like sharing personal type information online, so I hope youβll forgive my brevity. I donβt work in tech, but have had a lifelong interest in it so I feel right at home here at the ground floor of a new community.
Hello everyone. It's nice to meet everyone, it's so warm here. You may call me Lenny since it's the real nickname of mine people have started referring to me as. I'm a 23-year-old woman from Vermont who works for a reporting place (sort of) and likes art and cryptography. I'm on both Lemmy and Reddit but Lemmy has truly grown on me. Thanks for having me here, and feel free to ask questions.