I don’t understand how someone in the comments says they’re tech literate but can’t figure lemmy out. Federation is somewhat akin to email. It’s really not all that complicated, imo, just a bit of extra friction at the onset to pick an instance.
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2025
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It’s similar to how Twitter users say Mastodon is “hard”. They want a 1:1 copy of Reddit or Twitter, and don’t want to learn new things because any kind of learning at all is unpleasant.
But that will change when—not if—the network effect of the social web becomes apparent.
I'm tech savvy and it took awhile to understand how Lemmy and federation worked.
Same — that’s why I tend to point people to a specific instance, instead of lemmy as a whole.
Weaponised incompetence.
They don't want to try something new so they're going to make it as hard as possible for themselves so they have an excuse to give up.
Then they're going to post about it hoping everybody stays with them.
And picking any of the big instances is fine and easy. The hard thing would be hopefully you don't get a tankie instance.
This is my first day here . A link from reddit and random chatter over there brought me here . It is different but something a little more likeable in a weird quirky way.
So what is/ are an "instance/instances" ? Is it like a r/ ?
Welcome! No, communities are our version of r/. Instances are like the server your account or community lives on. Yours is .world, mine is sh.itjust.works. Look after the user name. .world that's a pretty good one.
The instance admins can ultimately decide what sorts of things they want on their instance. Some will allow uploading large files but others won't because it's storage intensive. But you can embed from other sites too, so it's not a big deal.
Most all the instances talk with each other, so once your set up, there isn't much of a difference. Just make sure your using the 'all' (all instances) instead of the 'local' (only .world) tab.
Btw, you on mobile or desktop? Lemmy has a lot of good apps, I'm using boost right now.
OK thanks ! I saw a list of " instances " at the bottom of the page and it showed a list of 5000 randon terms like you described .
I am truly not tech savvy at all but I like to learn. Terms like embed are foreign to me but I can figure all that out :)
I'm on mobile , so if I download another app will the view be different or a better experience?
And not that it bothers me but while I got ya here ... When I'm scrolling and open a thread then back out of the thread I have to scroll all the way back to where I backed out of (if that makes sense). Is that just a feature of the way the sight is set up / runs ?
I’m on mobile , so if I download another app will the view be different or a better experience?
There are very nice apps listed on https://www.lemmyapps.com/
Voyager, Arctic, Thunder and Summit are usually good recommendations depending on Android or iOS
Thanks I'm going to check them out now. Appreciate the time ✌️
No problem! Embed just means the picture lives on a different computer, and you get it from there.
I haven't used the website much since I came from the Reddit blackout, but that issue sounds like an issue with the website. I think the apps are a better experience than the website. They let you save comment drafts, use volume keys to go up and down in the comments section, and get back to where you were before opening a post rather then back to the top.
Sweet ! Thanks for the knowledge ✌️
Thanks for the links ! Good info for a newbie like me ✌️
Part of the learning curve... People should be shopping around anyway.
I was actually scrolling through a reddit thread last night (I was googling something and it came up) and I saw a comment talking about kbin.social, from 2 years ago, that hadn't been removed.
Kbin.social removed itself unfortunately (sorry Kbin fans, Mbin is an awesome replacement!)
I got banned from that subredit. They are really toxic. If you disagee with the militarization of europe and thinks that sponsoring Ukraine is a escalation of war, then you are banned for incivility by the mods. I had linked a clip of jeffrey sachs discussing the issue and the tsunami of down votes started within 1 minute and lame replies about how Jeffrey Sachs is a Russian puppet etcetera. Incivility. Fuck that place and the members that keeps it active.
Welcome to Lemmy, here are a few pointers to help you settle in