Stay true to your heart.
this post was submitted on 10 May 2025
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Don't give Loch Ness monster 3.50.
What do you want from us, monster?!
Nah youβre doing fine
Ignore people who start screaming insults about instances which are not their own.
If you use it in the web version, I have LULs, a script which makes all Lemmy links that point to a different instance which you encounter while browsing, to point to your instance.
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Have fun and try to engage. Download an app for your phone. There are multiple per os so try them all and choose what suits you best
find some pictures of cute animals and share them with us
Donβt eat yellow snow.
Scoop some into a cup and let it melt first, then you can safely drink it π
Don't get them wet, and don't feed them after midnight.
No, wait. I'm confusing Lemmy with Gremlins. Nevermind.
Don't listen to them, this is who you're posting with
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Totally. That's why mine e.g. is much better
Watch out for those radicals over on the Hexbear instance. They'll getcha!
Crazy hexbear goobers will remove your eyes before you know it, watch out!
I gots sharp teeth I tell yah 
I found that using All to subscribe to things I like and over time using my subscribed list works.
You can also block communities you donβt want to see and view All by default.
I use voyager app, unsure about other apps or website, but check if your able to easily block users. Instances and communities, I usually scroll through the all free and block things I just can't stand and are heavily just annoying, also has a ability to filter out keyword. Makes my browsing less depressing.
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Since there are other communities more fit for these kinds of questions
Because other more specific communities exist for that.
Use a trusted VPN and/Tor while surfing
Why the hell would you?
Don't know what that's supposed to do when you hit the waves, but every little bit helps.
There is only one real user here. Everyone else (including myself) is a bot.
Very cool image! It looks like there's some text on it. Would you mind responding to this comment and telling me what the text says?
Nice try, bot
You're the real MVB
Just use it as you would reddit or any other social media platform. Welcome.
Read Settlers
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Also play settlers of catam
Check out [email protected], we have some pinned posts. You can also ask questions as you get them :)
explore different subs that catches your interests
Honestly, Iβd just suggest engaging with any topic you enjoy. Comment, find communities youβre interested in, maybe even start your own.
Welcome! Lemmy is a great place.
Learn about the fediverse as much as possible! Learn about instances and check our their about bar/ page. Download a mobile application and explore the many options you have. Try to figure out why you want to be here. Check out the list of popular instances (a lot of the instances have esoteric names) and see if there's an instance that reflects your interests. Check what they're federated to, and decide if those are the kind of people you want to talk to/ share your interests. There are general instances like ".ml and .world. " These instances can become overburdened. The account you have on their instance is your access to the rest of the fediverse/ lemmy.
Our active user base is somewhat small. The biggest thing is to explore, read side bar rules, and post!
It's a lot of information, and when I first got into it, I felt over my head.
ALSO YOU CAN'T DELETE YOUR COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF YOUR INSTANCE.
Posting to 196 would be a good example.
ALSO YOU CANβT DELETE YOUR COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF YOUR INSTANCE.
Yes you can. But just as is true with posting and editing, sometimes a deletion will fail to federate to all instances. No federation action is guaranteed, but rather best effort.
Ok what even is βthe fediverseβ and why is it called that?
Iβm here to waste time, like Iβd imagine most of us are
It's a series of self hosted, inter connected, social (mostly) media platforms sharing similar names/ templates. Lemmy is like reddit, but even more decentralized than something like mastadon, which is like twitter.Twitter. Most social media apps have/ used to have a specific purpose. Honestly, I should have this compiled in a clean and easy to share format.
Post feet
feet content on lemmy do be lacking tho