push the buttons!
There’s no algorithm so it’s up to you to block communities you don’t have an interest in. If you see a user you constantly don’t like you can block them too. By structuring it that way you’ll get a feed of things you want to see and people you want to hear from.
(You can always un-do a block if you change your mind)
There are algorithms, just not ones tailored to individual users.
Gmail is an email provider, and so is protonmail. They are two companies providing email services. And you can communicate between the two email services by sending emails. Both email providers have their own rules and regulations you have to follow because they are run by different people in different places/countries.
Lemmy is similar. Each Lemmy instance provider is run by different people in different places/countries. When you make a comment or post on one instance, it automatically sends your message/post to the other Lemmy providers/instances (if they don’t block the federation). You have to follow the rules of the provider/instance you join, just like for email providers.
Choosing a Lemmy provider/instance based on location or theme is the most common. Also, it’s recommended to not choose the most popular instance, because that would defeat the purpose of federation if everyone is in one place, like reddit (one company, one location, one rule set for the entire platform).
Id start by asking for help from experienced vetrans of this site instead of other new users to the site🤪 /s
I can’t
It’s like Reddit, but not owned by a large faceless corporation intent on using it for social engineering. That being said, if you disagree with the political ideology of some instances they’ll give you a ban for racism and not qualify it. Eg don’t talk badly about Russia or Palestine on lemmy.ml posts. Generally, be nice and people will reciprocate. Except lemmy.ml.
Now I don’t understand anymore? Lemmy bans you if you talk bad about Russia??!?!
Welcome to Lemmy, here are a few pointers to help you settle in
Lemmy as a whole is a community of people who choose it as a nice place to spend time.
Just participate. Or don’t. Either is fine.
If you do, be kind. Plenty of people here seeking positive interaction and discussion.
If you don’t, make sure you at least up/downvote stuff. It still contributes to this amazing community.
Either way, you are welcome here.
Think of email in how accounts are named. Mine is CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in, where lemmy.bascul.in is the instance I use, similar to an email server.
Now, on email you can send mail to users from other mail servers like from hotmail to gmail, right? It works the same way on lemmy, and also the fediverse. You can see posts made on other instances, reply on them and upvote them.
Communities are similar to subreddits, with the main difference that there are many servers (instances) instead of just over main website. I find it helpful to think of it as IRC servers on the larger networks: your user is associated with one instance, but you can access users and Communities associated with different ones more or less seamlessly.
Read posts and comments. Upvote the good stuff, downvote the bad stuff. Post comments, ask questions, join communities etc.
If you write stuff people like, you’ll get upvotes. If you’re mean, you get downvoted to oblivion.
Can you suggest some beginner friendly communities
Here you go. I’d consider these beginner-friendly because they’re not focused on tech or politics.
click here for a list of communities that are NOT politics, tech, or meme -related.
Most are currently active (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked) Sometimes politics, tech or memes sneak in but they’re not the focus.
GENERAL DISCUSSION / QUESTIONS
- !actual_discussion@lemmy.ca *
- !asklemmy@lemmy.world
- !casualconversation@lemm.ee
- !casualuk@feddit.uk
- !Dullsters@dullsters.net
- !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
- !forumlibre@jlai.lu
- !general@lemmy.world
- !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
- !goodoffmychest@lemmy.world
- !preguntalealemmy@feddit.cl
- !rant@lemmy.sdf.org
ART / PHOTOS
- !artporn@lemm.ee
- !astrophotography@lemmy.world
- !accidentalrenaissance@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !badrealestate@feddit.uk *
- !collage@lemmy.ml *
- !desire_paths@sh.itjust.works
- !fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world *
- !fediclicks@viewfinder.pro *
- !filmsframes@lemmy.world
- !foodphotos@sh.itjust.works *
- !gameart@sopuli.xyz
- !grasweeti@slrpnk.net
- !hmmm@lemmy.world
- !imadethis@lemm.ee
- !imaginary@reddthat.com
- !inhabitedbeauty@lemmy.world
- !liminalspace@lemmy.world
- !mobile_wallpaper@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !nocontextpics@lemmy.world
- !pics@lemmy.world
- !pictures@lemm.ee
- !pixelart@retrolemmy.com
- !pixelart@lemmy.ml *
- !sillydrawingrequests@sopuli.xyz
- !traditional_art@lemmy.world
- !trams_trolleys_streetcars@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !wallpapers@lemmy.ca
- !52weeksofart@lemmy.world
ANIMALS
- !bats@lemmy.world
- !catposting@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !cat@lemmy.world
- !catsstandingup@lemmy.world *
- !opossums@lemmy.world
- !scrungycats@lemmy.world *
- !superbowl@lemmy.world
COMICS / GRAPHIC NOVELS
- !alanmoore@feddit.uk *
- !comics@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !comicstrips@lemmy.world
- !eurographicnovels@lemm.ee
- !truecomics@midwest.social *
- !garfield@lemmy.world
- !outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world
- !unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org
ENTERTAINMENT
- !80smusic@lemmy.world
- !90smusic@lemmy.world
- !90s_tv@lemmy.sdf.org
- !badmovies@lemmy.world
- !bmoviebonanza@lemmy.world
- !Bside@fedia.io
- !boardgames@sopuli.xyz
- !cultfilms@lemux.minnix.dev *
- !dwarffortress@lemmy.ml
- !edm@reddthat.com
- !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee
- !iasip@sh.itjust.works
- !martialartsmovies@lemm.ee *
- !metal@lemmy.world
- !movies@lemm.ee
- !music@lemmy.world
- !pokemon@lemm.ee
- !pokemon@lemmy.world
- !pokemongo@lemmy.world *
- !punk_rock@lemmy.ca
- !ska@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !thrashmetal@lemmy.world
- !trailers@lemmy.blahaj.zone
GENRES / STYLES
- !cassettefuturism@lemm.ee
- !cosmichorror@lemm.ee
- !cyberpunk@lemmy.zip
- !goblincore@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !gothindustrial@lemmy.world
- !lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world
- !mullets@lemmy.ca *
- !raygungothic@lemm.ee
- !streetwear@lemmy.world *
- !vampires@lemmy.zip
- !weirdcore@sopuli.xyz
- !witchcraft@lemmy.ml *
- !witchesvspatriarchy@lemmy.ca
HISTORY
- !ancientcoins@lemmy.world
- !ancienthistory@slrpnk.net
- !artp@sh.itjust.works *
- !askhistorians@lemmy.world *
- !historyartifacts@lemmy.world
- !historicalpropaganda@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !history@lemmy.world
- !historyporn@lemmy.world
- !historyruins@lemmy.world
- !historyillustrations@lemmy.world
- !vintageads@sh.itjust.works *
INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE
- !buyitforlife@slrpnk.net
- !catastrophicfailure@lemmy.world *
- !creepywikipedia@lemmy.world
- !dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml
- !documentaries@lemmy.cafe
- !esa@feddit.nl
- !explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
- !goodnewseveryone@sh.itjust.works
- !humanities@beehaw.org
- !math@lemmy.world
- !mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe
- !recommendations@lemmy.world
- !solarpunk@slrpnk.net
- !til@lemmy.world
- !vexillology@lemmy.world
- !whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
- !wikipedia@lemmy.world
- !youshouldknow@lemmy.world
OTHER
- !andfinally@feddit.uk
- !academiagonewild@lemmy.world *
- !internetisbeautiful@lemm.ee
- !mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
- !nowhereelsetoshare@sh.itjust.works
- !pbsod@lemmy.ohaa.xyz
- !publictransport@slrpnk.net
- !stick@sh.itjust.works *
- !sumo@lemmy.world *
- !shortstories@literature.cafe
- !treehuggers@slrpnk.net
- !the_heinlein_society@lemmy.world
- !woahdude@lemmy.world *
- !youcantparktheremate@feddit.uk *
FEDIVERSE
- !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !fedigrow@lemm.ee
- !fediverse@lemmy.world
- !fediverse@piefed.social
- !fediverselore@lemmy.ca
- !lemmyapps@lemmy.world
- !comm_revival@lemmy.dbzer0.com *
- !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
FINDING NEW/GOOD COMMUNITIES ON LEMMY
click here for a list of meme communities
MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR
Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes these include politics but that’s not the sole focus.
- !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !196@pawb.social
- !19684@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !2meirl4meirl@lemmy.world
- !4chan@lemmy.world
- !4chanFails@feddit.nl
- !ancientinternet@lemmy.world
- !animemes@ani.social
- !antiquememesroadshow@lemmy.world
- !are_the_straights_ok@lemmy.blahaj.zone *
- !atheistmemes@lemmy.world
- !badrealestate@feddit.uk *
- !bonehurtingjuice@lemmy.ca
- !comedyheaven@lemmy.world
- !crumbgrabber@lemm.ee *
- !curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
- !dankchristianmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !dankmemes@lemmy.world
- !ehbuddyhoser@sh.itjust.works
- !ExplainTheJoke@spaffel.social
- !fbstolencontent@lemmy.ca *
- !fediashitpost@fedia.io
- !fedimemes@feddit.uk
- !femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !funny@sh.itjust.works
- !funny@lemmy.world
- !furry_irl@pawb.social
- !garfieldism@lemmy.blahaj.zone *
- !gifconversation@lemm.ee
- !greentext@sh.itjust.works
- !gunmemes@lemmy.world *
- !high_quality_gifs@lemmy.sdf.org
- !hq_memes@lemmy.world
- !imgoingtohellforthis@lemm.ee
- !internetfuneral@lemmy.world
- !humor@beehaw.org *
- !justpost@lemmy.world
- !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
- !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
- !linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works *
- !lotrmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !loweffortmemes@crazypeople.online
- !mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !me_irl@lemmy.world
- !memes@jlai.lu
- !memes@lemmy.world
- !memes@slrpnk.net
- !memes@sopuli.xyz
- !memes@lemmy.ml
- !metalmemes@lemmy.world
- !microblogmemes@lemmy.world
- !MoldyMemes@spaffel.social
- !nocontextpics@lemmy.world
- !nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk *
- !nonsense@moist.catsweat.com *
- !okmatewanker@feddit.uk
- !pokemonmemes@lemmy.world *
- !programmer_humor@programming.dev
- !reactionmemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com *
- !reallyshittycopper@lemmy.world *
- !relationshipmemes@lemmyis.fun
- !roughromanmemes@lemmy.world
- !rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
- !science_memes@mander.xyz
- !shera@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !shirtsthatgohard@lemmy.world
- !shitposting@lemmy.ml
- !shittylifeprotips@lemmy.world
- !shittytattoos@lemmy.ca
- !spaceflightmemes@sh.itjust.works
- !surrealmemes@sh.itjust.works *
- !tech_memes@lemmy.world *
- !the_pack@lemmy.world
- !TwoGoobers@lemm.ee
- !wholesomegreentext@sh.itjust.works *
- !wholesomememes@lemmy.world *
- !wizards@lemmy.world
- !witchymemes@lemmy.world
- !wlw_memes@lemmy.world
- !yurimemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !youtubeclassics@sh.itjust.works
This should get you started. Hopefully you enjoy some of this stuff.
cute stuff
weird stuff
interesting stuff
!nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
If you also like linux stuff, open source stuff, or political stuff, there’s no shortage of those communities.
Lemmy is fairly small compared to other social media sites so instead of restricting yourself to a handful of communities I’d recommend browsing the “all” feed and just seeing everything.
Keep an eye on the instance each community is hosted on as there’s often a social or political bias.
You can then block communities and instances that you aren’t interested in or would rather not see.
What are you in to? Communities are small here but growing
If your into cute things, search for Otters the .world community is good. If your into Star Trek or Linux your options are vast. Lots of politics unfortunately do to the U.S. moves, but also there are great communities everywhere. I’ll follow up if you have any hints. Dullmensclub may be nice?
If you’re able to post here, you already know most about-it,
You subscribe to communities, post content, and comment-it, you can upvote the content and sometimes downvote it, as easy-as-it.
Regarding the federation, here is an explication for Mastodon but it also applies to here https://tilvids.com/w/887e7b95-a6b1-4df1-83fd-d5c47f17ec4c
