YSK: Your Lemmy activities (e.g. downvotes) are far from private ( i.imgur.com )
Edit: obligatory explanation (thanks mods for squaring me away)…...
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 how to pick a ripe, sweet watermelon ( i.postimg.cc )
Why YSK: These tips may help you pick a more ripe, juicier, sweeter watermelon.
YSK these e-mail tips ( i.postimg.cc )
Why YSK: These email tips are helpful for people who struggle with boundaries and want to communicate more assertively.
YSK The difference between equality, justice and equity. ( lemmy.world )
Why YSK: because what seems like equal situation from surface isn’t always equal opportunity for all. And even when equal measure of help is provided, it might not be equally useful.
YSK: Signal is a great secure private messenger app comparable to others on the market. ( restoreprivacy.com )
“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”...
YSK if you've seen something traumatic, playing Tetris for a couple of hours afterwards can drastically reduce the chance of it becoming a deeprooted memory and causing PTSD ( www.ox.ac.uk )
ox.ac.uk/…/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-tr…
YSK: Cats don't like their whiskers touching their food bowl. This is why they beg even if food is still left at the bottom. ( lemmy.world )
Whisker fatigue causes stress and overstimulates their senses. Using a flat bowl or plate will relieve this issue and allow your cat to eat all their food without stress....
YSK that there is no such thing as an "alpha wolf" ( cdn.zmescience.com )
Some of the many articles about it:...
YSK: If you find an interesting topic/rabbit hole, you can get some real engagement here if you share it. It doesn't get drowned out like elsewhere. ( lemmy.world )
I know a lot of lurkers like me out there are browsing, but there’s quite a bit of engagement capitol on the federated instances. If you find an interesting topic and the right community, you get a lot of feedback. There’s not much hate being thrown out there either.
YSK: Browsing "ALL" at work might get you pulled into an office, even with NSFW off.
Why YSK: It appears several Lemmy Instances are flagged as suspicious and at least 1 instance intentionally using the name of ransomware. A couple of the big enterprise monitoring suites (Fortiguard, ZScaler) will flag your account and may end up with you being pulled into an office for an explanation, or worse....
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: Flossing your teeth is only uncomfortable when your gums are unhealthy
Healthy gums don’t bleed, and are not painful to floss at all....
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: 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: Lemmy DOES have a karma system ( i.imgur.com )
There’s some misinformation floating around regarding Lemmy not having a karma system. While many have discovered otherwise, this is for those who may not have....
YSK: Pixelfed replaced Instagram for me, the same way Lemmy replaced reddit.
Guys check out pixelfed. Its better than Instagram.Same concept of fediverse as Lemmy and Mastodon....
YSK alternatives to imgur for uploading your images ( kbin.social )
Imgur now blocks several VPNs and have issues loading embedded previews in several fediverse platforms. So instead of using imgur, you could use one of the following alternatives for uploading your images....
YSK: You should dry off beef before cooking. Doing so promotes the Maillard Reaction, which will make the meat taste and look better. ( www.seriouseats.com )
Why YSK: When you cook meat, any water on the surface must first evaporate before much browning can occur. You want to get as much of a Maillard reaction as possible in the limited cooking time you have before the meat reaches the correct internal temperature. Removing the moisture first means that the heat of the cooking...
YSK: wefwef is a web app that look very similar to Apollo and works on both android and ios ( lemmy.world )
Why YSK: looks very similar and functions like Apollo, if you’re used to Apollo that’s a great app for you, even if you do not, it’s still one of the best apps for lemmy You can install the web app here: wefwef.app/settings/install or just use it on your browser here wefwef.app
YSK: Hitting submit more than once will post your comment/thread multiple times, even with the lag
With the sluggishness of the site these last few days you can sometimes get slowness or infinitely loading icon when hitting submit. If you aren’t sure if your post submitted, refresh the original page in a different tab before hitting submit again to see if it went through. I see double and triple posts in almost every...
Celebrating A true Canadian hero ( lemmy.ca )
40 years ago today Terry Fox, a 21 year old Canadian who lost a leg to cancer, began an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day and made it to 145 days and 5,373km before he was forced to stop and he lost his battle with cancer.
You should learn how to properly write accessible image captions as the fediverse has a large amount of blind and visually impaired users who rely on screen readers ( mashable.com )
Right now there is a bit left to be desired when it comes to lemmys accessibility features, but it’s a good idea to be mindful of the fact the fediverse and its platforms tends to have pretty universal accessibility features that will likely come to lemmy sooner rather than later
YSK: GrapheneOS - private & secure mobile operating system with Android app compatibility. Developed as a non-profit open source project.
Why YSK GrapheneOS is a step above the rest. I understand it’s ironic de-google phone/tablet with google hardware, but it just works better then anything else. Permission toggles, pin scrambling, auto-reboot, scopes, MAC randomization, isolated user profiles, longer passwords, sandboxed apps, open source firmware, no bloat &...
YSK: The Dark Knight came out 15 years ago and you are not young anymore ( lemmy.one )
July 15th 2008
