I want to familiarise my self with the rules and workings of this app/ website how moderation is done and etc so I can be extra careful

  • Chickenstalker@lemmy.world
    261·
    1 year ago

    Just post what you want. Comment what you want. Others will do the same to you. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Who cares.

  • NathanielThomas@lemmy.world
    181·
    1 year ago

    Today is my three-week weekaversary from leaving Reddit. I’ve mainly had the same personality I’ve used on Reddit and so far no power hungry, Stalin-wannabe, unwashed genital moderator has banned me from participating. So either I’m doing something right or Reddit is a complete and utter shithole.

    • Uranium3006@kbin.social
      10·
      1 year ago

      Reddit’s a shithole now. I got a 7 day sidewide ban for criticizing trump. Deleted my account and now I’m here

      • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
        11·
        1 year ago

        I got permanently banned for saying child molesters deserved to die. There’s similar comments about all kinds of other people on that site but for some reason they want to protect child molesters from people saying mean things about them. I wonder why that could be…

    • winky88@startrek.websiteEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Reddit is a complete and utter shithole.

      This. I’ve had a Lemmy account for a while but reddit suspended me yesterday for calling someone stupid - after they made disparaging remarks about someone else. Their account was untouched. I know because I saw posts dated after my suspension.

      I don’t know if Lemmy will work out or not, but Reddit has proven they’re not fit to moderate any significant portion of the web’s content and I can’t be bothered to consume and contribute in that environment any longer. I submitted an account deletion request with an extra slice of my mind on the matter.

  • Saraphim@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    I feel like the general vibe is “have fun, and don’t be a piece of shit”. I’m enjoying my refugee status so far

  • mikeboltonshair@sh.itjust.works
    92·
    1 year ago

    Fuck extra careful, for me that was part of leaving Reddit way too much overzealousness when it came to moderation, plus Spez is a piece of shit

    Think of Lemmy as Reddit the site that you browse, when you sign up to an instance it’s like you are on their personal website that just shows you the webpage so lemmy.world shows you the same Lemmy website that lemmy.ca shows you the only differences are you go by their rules/moderation on that instance, there is more to it but I’m just giving a basic picture of it when it comes to moderation and rules

    You set up an account on lemmy.world read the sidebar, if the rules aren’t to your liking try another instance I like sh.itjust.works cuz they aren’t tight asses

      • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        So, you signed up on lemmy.world, I signed up on sh.itjust.works

        But we’re communicating with each other right now. That’s the gist. Each instance is like its own mini reddit but they’re all connected (for the most part).

      • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        I still don’t really get it, but it doesn’t really seem to affect me. I downloaded the Connect for Lemmy app, and started subscribing to groups and content appears on my screen.

        I’m no power user, I just like to read stuff during smoke breaks and down time.

        • edric@lemm.ee
          1·
          1 year ago

          It’s just like multiple reddit websites that are interconnected so you can see content from the other sites on whatever site you choose to sign up with.

      • mikeboltonshair@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        No, think of an instance like some guy is hosting the visual part of the website on his computer named lemmy.world another guy hosts the same website but it’s on his computer named lemmy.ca their computers their rules, if they shut down their computer or you don’t like how they moderate then you sign up to someone else’s computer to view the website

        The subreddit would be on that guys individual computer you could make a subreddit called technology on lemmy.world but even though the guy with the lemmy.ca computer didn’t set up that subreddit you can still view it, it’s basically a portal to view everyone else’s Reddit

        If you use an app they have ways of viewing all of Lemmy, All shows you all the “subreddits across everyone’s computers, local would just be the subreddits created on that computer that you signed up to, then subscribed would be subreddits you subscribed to… technology on lemmy.world and just making one up but worldnews on lemmy.ca

        • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          all is actually only communities that someone on your instance has subscribed to. But yes they can be from other instances.

          Not to further complicate things. But a community from another instance won’t show up on your all until you or someone else subscribed.

          • mikeboltonshair@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            1 year ago

            I didn’t realize that so thanks for clearing that up, part of my reply was just giving the general idea so it’s good to get full answer

            • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              Yeah, most people seem to think if you’re instance is federated with another then all communities from it will appear, but it’s actually on a community by community basis. That’s a pro of larger instances, the all feed will already be well populated.

      • Shialac@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Every instance is a different server with its own Lemmy, its own Communities("subreddits), and your Account is only on one Instance. But different Instances are federated to each other, so you can see all the content from these other federated instances, can interact with their communities, their users, can post and comment there and vice versa

      • Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com
        2·
        1 year ago

        Each instance (or server) is like one Reddit.

        Much smaller off course, but there are plenty (!), and if you want to subscribe to another instances communites, you can!

  • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Right now don’t worry too much about how things work behind the scenes. Just know that if you end up not liking how lemmy.world is run (for example, if you want piracy communities in your feed) you can go somewhere else and still access communities made on lemmy.world

  • YⓄ乙 @aussie.zone
    41·
    1 year ago

    download an app, for android i’ll recommend Connect. I’ve heard great things about voyager for Apple but not sure.

  • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Howdy.

    Each instance has their own admin rukes and further each community has their own too.

    You’re on lemmy.world but you can still I subscribe and interact with communities created elsewhere

    • RyzenxD@lemmy.worldOP
      23·
      1 year ago

      What power does those admins posses and I hope they don’t shadow ban people for being a new account

      • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Admins have a lot of power, they’re running the software and often paying for upfront server costs. The good thing is they only have power over their slice of the broader lemmy.

        If you don’t like how your admins run the instance you can just make an account on another. Account transferring isn’t a thing yet but there are tools to transfer your subscriptions and blocks.