YSK: Lemmy All Third Party Clients List (Android/iPhone/Web) with status of that apps! ( lemmyapps.netlify.app )
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1025004...
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 there are sites that offer you a temporary email address for signing up for services that require one (like some Lemmy servers)
They work by giving you a random email address that is available for a short time (ex. 10min) and an inbox for any messages you recieve during that time (ex. an email verification message from a Lemmy server)...
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: Keeping your accounts/online identity safe in the age of the fediverse/federated networks
As more people flock over to the fediverse from reddit, twitter and other centralised proprietary networks it is important that you keep your e-mail and other important accounts safe from hijacking attempts. Since anyone can simply spin up an instance and host users and communities it is important that you don’t divulge your...
YSK: Don't use spray sunscreen on even a remotely windy day ( kbin.social )
Or ever....
YSK: Anyone worth talking to has already left Reddit
Just saying, you cute thing you.
YSK: Your phone's camera and gallery apps may be lying to you about the rotation of your pictures. Bonus YSK: Your pictures could be doxxing you ( champserver.net )
Why YSK: There's been many image posts to the fediverse that have incorrect rotations and this info should help you to prevent that situation for your own posts....
YSK: Mastodon bots work here too— there IS a remindme bot already!
Why YSK: I’ve seen several commenters asking if there were specific bots such as RemindMe...
YSK About Lemmy Features
Why YSK: This is a new platform and it seems many new users are missing out on key Lemmy features....
YSK: There is an old.reddit interface for lemmy on a site called https://mlmym.org/ (as well as lemmy.bolha.one)
Why YSK: Because some people may want to use old reddit’s interface and might be used to it’s look. To choose the instance, put a /[instance name] after that url, or use the option given by the site itself...
YSK: Your Lemmy activities (e.g. downvotes) are far from private ( i.imgur.com )
Edit: obligatory explanation (thanks mods for squaring me away)…...
YSK: You can block communities from appearing on your "All" feed. just go to the website of your instance, pull up the community, and click "block community" (On mobile click "Sidebar" first") ( thelemmy.club )
Why YSK: You may dislike, disagree with, or be tired of certain communities and don’t want them in your feed.
YSK: Commas can be used in phone numbers to automatically input automated menu options
For instance, I’m on Jury Duty in the US this week. Kinda a freebie but I still have to call in and input my “ID” number, birthday, and zip code before entering phone tree options to hear my summons status. So I saved a contact in my phone for the jury hotline with the main number, my Id number, birthday, zip code, and...
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...
YSK: One of Bowser's Koopa Kids is named Lemmy ( mario.fandom.com )
And he is a total spaz. Look at this guy he’s straight up looney toons...
YSK: The day of the blackout on Reddit it got down, and this little server was alive and running at the same time. ( mujico.org )
I don’t know, I just found it amusing, another point for the Fediverse I guess.
YSK: Even though it isn't a foolproof criterion, the fact that a claimed "news" source is offered "completely free (as in free beer)" may suggest that it is poor quality
Why YSK: good journalism has a lot of costs (and not one-time-only), in time if not in money, so if any “news” source isn’t at least trying to get paid somehow*, then it indicates that the supply at zero price exceeds the demand (it is a “free good”), which means one of two things:...
YSK: Feel like you only see the same 2-day old content? At least on lemmy.world, you can change your homepage's default sorting type & scope to "Hot" and "All"
Sorting Type...
Everything Must Be Paid for Twice ( www.raptitude.com )
One financial lesson they should teach in school is that most of the things we buy have to be paid for twice. There’s the first price, usually paid in dollars, just to gain possession of the desired thing, whatever it is: a book, a budgeting app, a unicycle, a bundle of kale. But then, in order to make use of the thing, you...
YSK: you should use this lemmy link switcher script (via violentMonkey) ( greasyfork.org )
This script transforms links from other instances to your home instance. So 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: On Lemmy the title, URL, and content of a post are all editable after posting.
Why YSK: On reddit only the body was editable, so by knowing this you won’t need to delete or resubmit due to wrong URL, typo, etc.
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...