I’m new as in this is my first day using lemmy. I don’t know anything about lemmy etiquette and don’t want to do anything bad
thanks and have an amazing day! also plz be kind :D
No need to show off. Don’t be a snarky asshole. Be nice to people, but be real. Don’t be afraid to be weird or answer with an autistic essay. It’s okay to dissent, just don’t be a fucking asshole about it. Realize that on Reddit, that shit is all bots and Nazi trolls and meek confirming bitches afraid to be real and tell shitty people that they’re wrong and exactly why. Welcome. Prepare to have your eyes ripped open.
A major difference I noticed with Lemmy from my time on Reddit is communities aren’t quite as rabid about strict adherence to their topic or gimmick. r/whatisthisthing banned me for seven days once for elaborating what an E6B flight computer is for. Because “This community is for IDENTIFYING the thing, not DISCUSSING the thing!” Not…so much of that around here.
I’m here for over a year and I still don’t get much of what’s going on here.
For example, why posts are titled “rule”.
One of the rules of that community is “post before you leave.” People put “rule” in the post to indicate they’re complying with that rule.
Please excuse my ignorance, but what does “leave” mean in this context? Before I leave what?
Lemmy offers more freedom, more privacy, and your data is not sold. Unlike other social networks, Lemmy is part of the fediverse, so you have to choose a server that suits your tastes and preferences. Reddit has subreddits, and Lemmy has communities. Reddit does not respect privacy, but Lemmy does.
That is not necesarily true. An admin of an instance definitely can sell info. Same for respecting privacy. You do have more freedom though, since it’s federated, you can research whichever server you think aligns with your views/needs and choose that one while still interacting with the rest.
Honestly not really that different from Reddit. My only warning is make sure to check the community a post is from that you see on ‘main’. There’s a couple female only communities and holy shit do they get pissed if you accidentally comment because you found a topic interesting enough to but didn’t check that it was a female only community.
Lol, I noticed that. I suggested making membership closed/vetted if you are going to get that upset about it
I suspect getting pissed off is the point.
This feels like the early days of Reddit. Smaller communities and a greater degree of authenticity.
Just be respectful of the rules and other users. I’ve encountered a few people just looking to start shit, but way less frequently than on what I experienced on Reddit.
My best advice is that if it seems inactive, that means you should subscribe to a bunch of stuff and switch to hot, top 6 hour and scaled. Active is the default and seems the least active.
The comments in this thread will give you a great idea on how most people act around here. Hate the idea and not the user and you should be fine.
Your “also plz be kind :D” comment tells me that you’re going to go through a bit of withdrawal on the hate and drama. It’s great here even even though we have a few trolls and bots.
I’d say most folks at Lemmy are actively trying to grow the communities and the Community and so are genuinely welcoming and helpful.
I’d ask you to bring your friends and family. This might be controversial because Lemmy tends to attract amazingly talented tech geniuses — but others should be welcomed here as well.
I’m here to watch the corporate owned hegemonic control of all social media crumble— so I say we grow the Fediverse a great deal. Of course it’s not big enough to take the whole world but perhaps slow and regular growth will be met with the kind of independent commitment needed.
Anyway: WELCOME. Look. I wasn’t afraid of all caps. We’ll see how that goes.
Average user age is slightly more older here.
The three most common groups are .world(liberals), .ml(socialists), and .blahaj(uwu)
Me too, came from reddit.
It’s pretty much the same but on Reddit it’s ok to be combative and rude with people as long as public opinion approves. Also most of the posts are bots so you aren’t actually being rude to a person there most times.
Please don’t do that here. There are way less bots here so please remember you are speaking to actual humans.
Also political discourse is mostly ok here. Same rules apply with rudeness though. On Reddit you will get quarantined or shadow banned quickly with anything politically charged.
I got banned on Lefty Memes for asking for evidence. :)
On Reddit you will get quarantined or shadow banned quickly with anything politically charged.
Just pick your instance and you can get that here. Unfortunate number of tankies running around on here.
Oh If I tell you… You can 100% be banned because you said you don’t agree with north korea. NORTH KOREA. 100% true
What if someone doubles down on being an absolute tool, can I be rude about dismantling their personality then?
It’s the same shit, lemmy has it’s own flavour of power hungry unhinged mods (see yepowertrippingbastards /c/yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com ). And due to multiple instances some of the vocal users are affected by tribalism (as in “my instance is better, your instance is xyz”).
Fuck you, xyz is great!
>:0 YEAH!
Oh an .ml, I wonder why you have it so bad. /s
Seriously, do you have to promise when you sign up that you’ll post some variation of this same tedious comment? You all do it compulsively.
I’m a .ml because it was the second most popular instance when I joined, and I refuse to be bullied by other people tribalism to change to a different instance.
(Although that /s… if you tried to joke with me, then I’m sorry, I was/am too tired to understand it)
It’s not that we think that everyone on a .ml instance is a bad person it’s just that if you don’t watch your back you end up talking to a bunch of people who think that mass murder and war crimes and acceptable as long as their friends are the ones doing it. And they are unfortunately also on .ml and to tar everyone with the same brush.
It’s why a lot of instances are defederating which sucks for you of course because none of it is your fault.
Honestly I’ve found the effects are more personal. I like interacting with the sh mods more; they’re a good combo of decent morals but also playful irreverence. They don’t get on me for honest jokes, but they’re also very willing to be like nah buddy it’s time to log off for a few days when they need to. (Hubs prefers the Twitter format if anybody knows a masto instance with similar vibes)
just don’t be homophobic, transphobic,or sexist and you’re a-okay with me <3
reddiquette died in like 2012. Just how old of a reddit user are you
Let’s bring on the 4chan etiquette… 😅
there is never any internet etiquette <3
It’s okay shirt brother. Welcome and enjoy the ride.
