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Beginners Guide to Lemmy

40 points by impissedoff1 3y ago

warning26 3y ago
A proper "beginners guide" shouldn't be this long, IMO. It should just explain what Lemmy is in one sentence (ie, an open source clone of Reddit), and then provide links to one or two large instances with open signups.
- butz 3y ago
  Would be useful to add TL;DR version for "busy" people, or "ELI5" variant.
  - impissedoff1 3y ago
    I like to think that Lemmy gatekeeps lesser intelligent people from using it. Much like how the I internet used to be.
- EA-3167 3y ago
  That's basically what the first couple of paragraphs do, "Here's a brief overview and how to get started" followed by the other 3/4's of the article which is additional info.
- impissedoff1 3y ago
  https://imgur.io/a/uyoYySY https://imgur.io/a/uyoYySY
bluedemon 3y ago
Gotta RTFM.
sixthDot 3y ago
Lemmy's down ATM
- qudat 3y ago
  All activitypub servers are never going to work because of perf and confusion issues.
  - FireInsight 3y ago
    What do you mean? They already work.
    - qudat 3y ago
      It won’t outcompete a centralized system because the requirements to run these systems are brutal. Imagine twitter scale but using activitypub.
      - evolve2k 3y ago
        [flagged]
- impissedoff1 3y ago
  Lemmy.world Lemmy.ml Join-lemmy.org/instances
  - xedrac 3y ago
    Is it just me, or is Lemmy.world really slow? I'm on a multi gigabit connection, and feel like I'm browsing with a 56k modem.
    - impissedoff1 3y ago
      It's overloaded with the influx
- FireInsight 3y ago
  Lemmy can't be down, only the individual instances.
111111IIIIIII 3y ago
As a subreddit admin considering moving to Lemmy, I stopped reading at: > If the Sign Up button spins indefinitely after clicking it, the username is already taken. There is currently an issue where the site does not inform you of this and instead stops responding. You can check if a username is taken by searching for that username's profile page at "https://lemmy.world/u/[the-username] https://lemmy.world/u/[the-username]" (replace "[the-username]" with the username you want).
- warning26 3y ago
  You're not wrong that the UX is pretty bad, but I don't think there's likely to be a better open source Reddit clone coming along anytime soon. The devs are fairly active so I'm hoping it'll be fixed relatively quickly. At this point, I would still argue that moving to Lemmy is the best option. Some subreddits have moved to Discord, but it's just as proprietary as Reddit, and has the added downside of being a chat room. One can of course stay on Reddit itself, but I suspect Reddit's CEO probably isn't going to start making reasonable decisions anytime soon.
  - 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
    The issue is that this illustrates that Lemmy has any priorities above the onboarding process. My mind will need to be changed about that before I will read any further. Additionally, I can be quite confident that Lemmy has already alienated so many others just like me who will also need to be won over somehow. You only get so many chances. Frankly, I think open source advocates are extremely ignorant about the realities of late capitalism and the tasks ahead of them, which serves as the underlying reason for failing to get the priorities straight. I have contributed many hours to open source projects myself. I am no stranger to the short-sighted anarchist mindset that permeates open source land.
    - Unai 3y ago
      >The issue is that this illustrates that Lemmy has any priorities above the onboarding process. >which serves as the underlying reason for failing to get the priorities straight. Having different priorities than you doesn't make them have the wrong priorities. As a counter-point to you, I'd much rather have a barely good enough interface on a platform that works than a great UI on a platform that doesn't work. The solution is not having both, because if they could they would have done that already. Also, I don't think it matters that this reddit alternative isn't perfect because there's no better reddit alternative anyway. You either stay on reddit or you go to Lemmy. I really don't see a reason to complain about Lemmy. Anything not working is not because of laziness or malice or greed; it's a platform made by a couple of guys, to solve a problem for thousands of people, and they're giving it away for free. It's a reddit alternative for people who want one. I say mission accomplished, and they're just getting started
firen777 3y ago
> # Fediverse ... There are even comments on Lemmy from Mastodon and kbin users! This is the strength of what is called the "Fediverse" see: [Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances](https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/104218 https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/104218) just tested, it's still blocked. And only lemmy.ml does the blocking
snapzone 3y ago
kbin and LemmyUX/UI are not beautiful,i like the UI/UX https://alikez.com https://alikez.com

40 points by impissedoff1 3y ago

A proper "beginners guide" shouldn't be this long, IMO. It should just explain what Lemmy is in one sentence (ie, an open source clone of Reddit), and then provide links to one or two large instances with open signups.

butz 3y ago
Would be useful to add TL;DR version for "busy" people, or "ELI5" variant.
- impissedoff1 3y ago
  I like to think that Lemmy gatekeeps lesser intelligent people from using it. Much like how the I internet used to be.
EA-3167 3y ago
That's basically what the first couple of paragraphs do, "Here's a brief overview and how to get started" followed by the other 3/4's of the article which is additional info.
impissedoff1 3y ago
https://imgur.io/a/uyoYySY https://imgur.io/a/uyoYySY

bluedemon 3y ago

Gotta RTFM.

sixthDot 3y ago

Lemmy's down ATM

qudat 3y ago
All activitypub servers are never going to work because of perf and confusion issues.
- FireInsight 3y ago
  What do you mean? They already work.
  - qudat 3y ago
    It won’t outcompete a centralized system because the requirements to run these systems are brutal. Imagine twitter scale but using activitypub.
    - evolve2k 3y ago
      [flagged]
impissedoff1 3y ago
Lemmy.world Lemmy.ml Join-lemmy.org/instances
- xedrac 3y ago
  Is it just me, or is Lemmy.world really slow? I'm on a multi gigabit connection, and feel like I'm browsing with a 56k modem.
  - impissedoff1 3y ago
    It's overloaded with the influx
FireInsight 3y ago
Lemmy can't be down, only the individual instances.

111111IIIIIII 3y ago

As a subreddit admin considering moving to Lemmy, I stopped reading at: > If the Sign Up button spins indefinitely after clicking it, the username is already taken. There is currently an issue where the site does not inform you of this and instead stops responding. You can check if a username is taken by searching for that username's profile page at "https://lemmy.world/u/[the-username] https://lemmy.world/u/[the-username]" (replace "[the-username]" with the username you want).

warning26 3y ago
You're not wrong that the UX is pretty bad, but I don't think there's likely to be a better open source Reddit clone coming along anytime soon. The devs are fairly active so I'm hoping it'll be fixed relatively quickly. At this point, I would still argue that moving to Lemmy is the best option. Some subreddits have moved to Discord, but it's just as proprietary as Reddit, and has the added downside of being a chat room. One can of course stay on Reddit itself, but I suspect Reddit's CEO probably isn't going to start making reasonable decisions anytime soon.
- 111111IIIIIII 3y ago
  The issue is that this illustrates that Lemmy has any priorities above the onboarding process. My mind will need to be changed about that before I will read any further. Additionally, I can be quite confident that Lemmy has already alienated so many others just like me who will also need to be won over somehow. You only get so many chances. Frankly, I think open source advocates are extremely ignorant about the realities of late capitalism and the tasks ahead of them, which serves as the underlying reason for failing to get the priorities straight. I have contributed many hours to open source projects myself. I am no stranger to the short-sighted anarchist mindset that permeates open source land.
  - Unai 3y ago
    >The issue is that this illustrates that Lemmy has any priorities above the onboarding process. >which serves as the underlying reason for failing to get the priorities straight. Having different priorities than you doesn't make them have the wrong priorities. As a counter-point to you, I'd much rather have a barely good enough interface on a platform that works than a great UI on a platform that doesn't work. The solution is not having both, because if they could they would have done that already. Also, I don't think it matters that this reddit alternative isn't perfect because there's no better reddit alternative anyway. You either stay on reddit or you go to Lemmy. I really don't see a reason to complain about Lemmy. Anything not working is not because of laziness or malice or greed; it's a platform made by a couple of guys, to solve a problem for thousands of people, and they're giving it away for free. It's a reddit alternative for people who want one. I say mission accomplished, and they're just getting started

firen777 3y ago

> # Fediverse ... There are even comments on Lemmy from Mastodon and kbin users! This is the strength of what is called the "Fediverse" see: [Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances](https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/104218 https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/104218) just tested, it's still blocked. And only lemmy.ml does the blocking

snapzone 3y ago

kbin and LemmyUX/UI are not beautiful,i like the UI/UX https://alikez.com https://alikez.com