Welcome to /c/MegaTen. You have chosen, or been chosen to relocate to one of our finest remaining internet communities. I thought so much of /c/MegaTen, that I elected to establish my administration here, in the instance so thoughtfully provided by our benefactors. I am proud to call /c/MegaTen my home. So, whether you are here...
I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?...
I like the concept
But it feels very much like its been designed by nerdy developers and has had little to no-input on user friendly design.
The federated idea can work but it needs to be more seemless than this.
Communities with the same name should be merged when viewing it from any instance, so you can see all the posts from these communities, they can be moderated seperatley and for advanced users you should be able to select which communities make up the merged community.
By default you should see all of the merged communities in a central place and be able to subscribe to them easily, at the moment its handled different per instance but you have to seek out these communities to subscribe or follow them.
I strongly believe there should be a centralised log-in system, so you can log into any instance with an account from another instance, this means if your instance goes down your account is centralised and is safe.
We’ve gotten over 100 sign-ups since launch, which is a massively good start, especially considering that everyone in the lemmyverse can subscribe to our communities and participate....
There’s too much controversy around the official lemmy instance lemmy.ml due to their politics. However I really like the distributed nature of lemmy as opposed to the monolithic and hierarchical nature of raddle....
Dumb question but is there a way to add 2fa to my account or did I have to register with an email or something? I just created this account to test out so deleting it won’t be a massive chore if I have to remake it. Hope this is the right community to ask questions haha...
[email protected] — From their sidebar: “… an explicitly pro-Joma Sison and pro-CPP-NPA-NDF community.” Oldest post listed is from January 12, 2023.
TIL may actual CPP-NPA-NDF supporters pala sa instance (lemmygrad.ml).
I wonder what would potentially happen if NTF-Elcac or if some high-ranking AFP/PA/PN/PAF or Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel, or some people at DICT, NTC stumbles on this community ([email protected]) on that lemmy instance.
What NTC and DICT gonna do, block that communist Lemmy instance like they did a year ago with bulatlat?
Gusto ko lumipat sa lemmy.world na instance (because I signed up for lemmy.ml not knowing the ideological tilt they have) but the perpetual loading is just off-putting. I have successfully signed up for lemm.ee though and it’s run by an Estonian so I guess it’ll be safer. The community over there at lemmy.world seems to be peaceful (I visualize it as New Zealand countryside) while kami dito sa lemmy.ml is parang New York or Manila kasi ito gateway sa Lemmy apparently 😭
Like for example the default search for communities should be All due to the confusion of search results only popping up with internal instance communities. I worked it out noticing no @ but most newbies will get confused and see jangled messes of community and instance addresses.
If Beehaw bans from the site someone that is on a remote instance, that account can no longer interact with any Beehaw communities. If Beehaw bans from the community someone that is on a remote instance, that account can no longer interact in that community.
The way Lemmy works right now is you search a community in your instance for it to then get shown, so you need to first discover that community from elsewhere. With that in mind, what are some growing communities that you discovered that could get some more love?
That’s the impression I got from the devs and admins here, but I’m not certain my impressions are correct or what kind of impact external users posting to beehaw communities impacts beehaw’s instance
I think the universal link only changes the community to your instance, but not much more than that. If the community isn’t already connected to your instance, it won’t work, but once someone connects it, it will work I think, wish there was just one easy way, but [email protected] is probably already connected, so that’s why that one works and not the others. May be a problem, since most of these are new communities, so I’m just going to use both ways for now, until there’s a better way
Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it...
I’m excited for the possibilities, but daunted by the realities.
It’s going to be tough to get enough foot traffic to start populating smaller subs. It seems like the Reddit API drama is the big break needed to hit a critical mass of users, but how many will take the time to figure out something like Lemmy? And are the Lemmy instances ready? It’s strange to root for Reddit to go through with the API changes after using Reddit for so long. But if there was ever a time to pay a bit extra for additional hosting resources, June 11th (or now!) should be it. If a large influx of new users crash Lemmy instances, and no one can sign up, a golden opportunity will be lost.
Signing up was not a flawless process. You are asked to make a choice about servers with little guidance on what it all means.
Requiring a 10 character password with additional character conditions is going to turn a lot of possible new users OFF. It should be 6 characters, with no conditions. Yes, it’s not secure, but we need sign ups above everything else. Users can choose to get as complex as they want, but simplicity should also be an option. If people later grow to value their Lemmy accounts, they can secure them at a later time. But extremely easy sign up should be the default for now.
Asking people to write an extensive answer as to “why you want to join this particular server” should also be suspended temporarily. Again, it’s about ease of signing up. We should try to get as many signups in as quickly as possible, and weed out the problem people later. After the possible Reddit migration boom ends, you can go back to application essays as a requirement for entry.
The web interface is buggy. The site will often “reset” as you are reading a thread, and the whole thread will act if “refreshed”. If this causes users to lose a long post they are typing, they might quit Lemmy then and there.
The community structure needs to be more unified across instances. It’s confusing that there are local groups as well as “multiverse” groups across federations, often with the exact same name. It’s a bummer that the communities can be splintered, and will have people not realize what’s really available.
I think we’re might see some weaknesses of a distributed system like Lemmy in the next few weeks. It’s hard to organize and get everyone rowing in the same direction with no “CEO” or clear leader. It does feel like little fiefdoms doing their own things, and that makes it even harder to hit critical mass.
In terms of content and userbase, so far so good. It obviously leans heavily towards the technically competent. Lemmy sort of screens for the technology inclined since it’s only well known to those who are up to date with the latest in tech. So of course it’s easy to feel like everyone is like minded and cool for now. But we need to attract casuals if we want vibrant, non-tech groups to exist and flourish too.
I’ve only been exploring for 2 days though, so I can be very wrong.
At least on my instance everything is running fast, snappy. I like the clean interface. Haven't encountered any major bugs yet.
The only downside for me so far is that there is not a lot to see yet. The only active posts and communities are about lemmy itself. Which is understandable of course but I can't wait to actually get to the phase where I actually get to experience real content lmao
Whoa thanks! I subbed to your two communities over there.
I like the idea of having topic-based instances, because then you can have a collection of communities dedicated to it. IE https://lemmyrs.org/c/{memes, news, support}, etc.
Tip to help welcome the exodus: Post and comment to increase engagement - Mag-post and mag-comment para dagdag-engagement (KEEP POSTING AND COMMENTING!)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/31213...
uhhh... what do I call the "subreddits"?
Very difficult to discuss with the fiance without know the terminology yet lol
Welcome.
Welcome to /c/MegaTen. You have chosen, or been chosen to relocate to one of our finest remaining internet communities. I thought so much of /c/MegaTen, that I elected to establish my administration here, in the instance so thoughtfully provided by our benefactors. I am proud to call /c/MegaTen my home. So, whether you are here...
For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience?
I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?...
With reddit going down the drain, now's the time to act to help build better furry communities. Let's build a space we can call home <3 (art by Geekidog) (yiffit.net)
We’ve gotten over 100 sign-ups since launch, which is a massively good start, especially considering that everyone in the lemmyverse can subscribe to our communities and participate....
How many of you are familiar with Toki Pona (and would you subscribe to a community for it?)
See title. I would create a community but I...
The new fallback home of /r/piracy (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
There’s too much controversy around the official lemmy instance lemmy.ml due to their politics. However I really like the distributed nature of lemmy as opposed to the monolithic and hierarchical nature of raddle....
Other use cases for the fediverse
I never got into mastodon because I couldn’t connect multiple instances. I like this a lot about Lemmy so far (just here for a few minutes though)....
two factor authentication available?
Dumb question but is there a way to add 2fa to my account or did I have to register with an email or something? I just created this account to test out so deleting it won’t be a massive chore if I have to remake it. Hope this is the right community to ask questions haha...
Tip to help welcome the exodus: Post and comment to increase engagement
Hi all,...
Downvoting disabled, federated voting
Some instances disable downvoting. Is this intended to be for communities on that instance or users on that instance, or both?...
Welcome r/PH refugees! (lemmy.world)
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Reddit refugees, has your favorite sub migrated already?
I, being someone who works with computers, have had some luck with most of my favorite subs being here already....
I went to Reddit today...
And saw a bunch of posts about the third party apps closing down, and lots of negativity about that whole fiasco....
What are some great communities to follow that are not on lemmy.ml or beehaw
The way Lemmy works right now is you search a community in your instance for it to then get shown, so you need to first discover that community from elsewhere. With that in mind, what are some growing communities that you discovered that could get some more love?
Brace Yourselves (lemmy.ml)
Wiki FAQ
FAQs...
PSA: How to link users & communities so it doesn't break for other instances
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15953...
How has ur lemmy experience been so far?
Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it...
Dedicated lemmy instance for rustaceans
Hopefully, I'm not breaking any rules by posting this here!...