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YSK: Subscriber count on communities only show the numbers of users subscribed from your specific instance. The real number might be much larger than you think.

You can use lemmyverse.net to check actual subscriber numbers....

YSK: If you want faster and less buggy User experience, move to a smaller instance that is hosted close to you.

I have been using Lemmy for 20 days, at first I opened an account at Lemmy.world because you can join without writing a text and waiting approval. I have been enjoying the experience overall but despite the admin teans best efforts Lemmy.world has been experiencing some serious performance issues. If you want to avoid that join...

YSK: You can save your fav comments from Lemmy to a dedicated text archiving service ( lemmy.world )

I’ve been running notado.app primarily for myself for the last 3 years. Like a lot of you, I am moving over to Lemmy from Reddit, and like a lot of you, I learned so much from the comments I read over years and years on Reddit. I must have hundreds of saved comments from Reddit in my Notado account at this point....

YSK: While you're on Lemmy/Kbin/Fediverse, you're not "the product" but you're also not "the customer".

Why YSK: Getting along in a new social environment is easier if you understand the role you’ve been invited into....

YSK: Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software ( cerebralab.com )

Repost because original post got deleted due to missing YSK in the title. You should know why so so much software you use is so awful, and this article (partly) explains it.

Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software ( cerebralab.com )

An article about how programmers tend to focus too much on aspects of software that are unimportant in the real world, leaving basic functionality deficient. It is aimed mostly at programmers, but if you’re not one, it can still possibly help understand why the software yuo use is so often unpleasant. The current timeouts with...

YSK: Google tracks your app usage and so much more

Why YSK: Because you deserve to have peace of mind. Your privacy can mean your safety. I found out about this today, and in this comment I mentioned it and said I would make something more detailed....

YSK: There is a bot spam posting reddit content, and blocking it will improve your experience sorting by All

Why YSK: This bot is constantly reposting reddit content to its own lemmy instance, lemmit.online. Most of it goes completely unnoticed and produces no discussion. If you like using All to find new communities, and sort by New, all you’ll see is this bot. Its highest upvoted post has 40 upvotes and 0 comments, and it has over...

YSK: How to embed images accessibly on Lemmy

Why YSK: If you want to make Lemmy a more accessible place for all, you need to know how to add labels (aka: “alt text”) to embedded images...

Empowerment through Connection: Introducing Lonely - A Community for Self-Help and Support ( lemmy.world )

Introducing “Lonely,” a compassionate community dedicated to providing support and positivity for individuals experiencing loneliness...

YSK there is a setting in your Lemmy profile to hide posts that you've seen. Upvoting counts as interacting with that post and will hide it after refresh. ( lemmy.world )

Also, if this selected, it will hide any posts you make. I have been saving the posts I make as a favorite until Lemmy fixes this.

YSK: If you're on Lemmy.World or Sh.itjust.works you should not subscribe to any Beehaw communities

Why YSK: Beehaw defederated from Lemmy.World and Sh.itjust.works effectively shadowbanning anyone from those instances. You will not be able to interact with their users or posts....

YSK: There is a Lemmy instance dedicated to nature and science: mander.xyz

For all scientists in the lemmyverse, I want you to know there is a lemmy instance dedicated to nature and science: mander.xyz.

YSK: how to painlessly migrate you and us from reddit

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YSK: a few ways to watch YouTube videos without using youtube.com ( kbin.social )

Invidious: an alternative front-end that is open-source and privacy-respecting. Here are a list of open instances. If you are reasonably familiar with docker/self-hosting you can also host it yourself, but be aware it's somewhat resource- and maintenance-heavy....

Welcome all new users and Reddit refugees! [PARTNERED POST]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/853004...

YSK - Teach yourself computational neuroscience ( www.youtube.com )

cross-posted from: sullen.social/post/105...

YSK - Treat your to-read pile like a river ( www.oliverburkeman.com )

cross-posted from: lemmy.sdf.org/post/425408...

YSK: Google to Block Access to Canadian News for Anyone Living in Canada ( www.thestar.com )

The Online News Act passed last Thursday and would force platforms like Google and Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, to strike deals with Canadian media publishers for sharing, previewing and directing users to online Canadian news content.

YSK: No Labels is a political party trying to run a spoiler candidate for President in 2024 that should not be taken seriously.

WYSK: There funded by dark money PACS, but some good reporting has brought out these names: David Koch, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Mark Cuban, Harlan Crow, and Michael Bloomberg. Some of there members are most famous for stopping big bills. Joe Leiberman, for example, single handedly stopped the single payer portion of the ACA....

YSK that Apollo is subject to auto-refund and you can decline this refund before the weekend. ( appleinsider.com )

Apollo can’t afford Reddit’s fees and will be subject to auto-refund for shutting down, so users can help by declining the refund.

YSK: You can see which instances your home instance is federated with and which they've defederated/blocked by going to "/instances"

For example, you can see this breakdown for Lemmy.world by going to https://lemmy.world/instances

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