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A message to new users (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
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Hello World!

The last week or so we have seen quite a big 'boost' in the amount of new users signing up so we thought it would be a good time to highlight some things that are of interest to new users.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Lemmy World is not a free speech instance, there are a couple of ground rules that need to be followed. If you're new, I would advise you to read our Code of Conduct.

NEW USER QUESTIONS

If you are new to the fediverse as a whole, it might all be a bit overwhelming. What is Lemmy? What is federation? What even is an instance? For those questions I would suggest you have a look at the getting starting guide. It should cover most of your questions.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

You can head over to the !support@lemmy.world community. This community should be used for questions regarding Lemmy World and is not the support community for the Lemmy software this site uses.

Our Admin @quinten recently made a post covering the most recurring questions there too. Read about that here.

ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACES

Lemmy World hosts a few custom User Interfaces which give you a completely different experience both on the desktop as on mobile.

THIRD PARTY APPS

There are a lot of Third Party apps available for Lemmy. From Paid to Open Source, you will find something that suits you easily.

For a complete list of apps have a look at https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ (Thanks Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de).

EDIT: Updated the apps list. Also some more interesting links in @otter@lemmy.ca's post here: https://lemmy.world/comment/3962001

EDIT 2: Instead of https://photon.lemmy.world you can now just go to https://p.lemmy.world. You can thank @Rootiest@lemmy.world laziness for that.

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[โ€“] thatsage@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Ha! 'boost' - I get it!

[โ€“] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Welcome

[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I'm curious: How does this work if you're posting in this instance from another instance? Can I be banned? Would I be informed of a ban? Can you delete or edit my posts? I see more instsnce banned users from Lemmy.World than any other instance, and the rules don't seem to be much different than another other social site, which is concerning as looking through those banned users, I quite often can not find anything that would have broken the rules, whether it was deleted or not. Which really makes it seem like some admin or admins over here are banning people who disagree with them.

Edit: So I was just checking the modlog over at Foodporn (of which I am a mod) and noticed that most of the actions taken were an admin from Lemmy.World deleting and banning a single user who argued against eating meat. The only thing the offending user did was argue with the admin. They didn't break our rules or site rules, they just happened to engage in an argument against this admin. Definitely not a good look.

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[โ€“] wayl@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It reminds me when the Mastodon replaced Twitter. I did my account there, then I had trouble logging in because instances don't share the logging process. Eventually my posts were lost, now I just checked and my account disappeared.

[โ€“] Wayl@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The federated paradigm and its fragmented nature has differences we need to get used to.

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[โ€“] RedditEnjoyer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

As a reddit and lemmy enjoyer, I approve this message

[โ€“] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

We appreciate you.

[โ€“] ieightpi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Long live lemmy(world)!!

[โ€“] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I was using old.lemmy.world for a while but unfortunately it seems to be a bit buggy. It's impossible to make a top-level reply on any post, and upvoting/downvoting doesn't work inside a thread. It's fine when I just feel like browsing and lurking, but a no-go when I feel like the world needs to see my gem-like commentary.

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[โ€“] ArcticFalcon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Welcome!

[โ€“] 0Xero0@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

big "boost" in the amount of users? What kind of dumbass stunt did spez pull again this time?

[โ€“] nicolairathjen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It might have to do with the release of the app "Boost for Lemmy".

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