I’m here from Reddit. They banned me for absolutely no reason. That’s frustrating. How works Lemmy ?

  • stopforgettingit@lemmy.world
    1372·
    10 days ago

    Change post type to All and sort by Active. Start blocking communities that you don’t want to see and subscribing to communities that interest you.

    If you are like me and you want to see where everyone is talking, change your sort to New Comments instead of Active.

  • twinnie@feddit.uk
    571·
    10 days ago

    Honestly, it’s pretty left wing and there can be duplicates of communities. There’s far less content than on Reddit but I find that better because I lost weeks of my life doom scrolling on Reddit. I hit a point on here where I just have to wait for more stuff to appear. One good thing about that is you can comment on something and actually be heard. Not like on Reddit where all but the most niche communities have 200+ comments on each post.

    Also, and this is a big one, you have to be running Linux.

    • Jean-Noël Hurpeau@lemmy.worldOP
      132·
      10 days ago

      Whhhhhyyyy Linux ? It works with Edge on Windows 11. But I think you’re right. It seems a far less anxious than Reddit, too.

          • The_v@lemmy.world
            17·
            10 days ago

            Acceptable excuse. I am all in with Linux except that one program that uses .net and I can not get wine to work.

            So the laptop with win11 comes out every month or so. After the 3-4 hours of updates and 2-3 reboots, it’s up and running for the 30minute task I have.

              • The_v@lemmy.world
                4·
                9 days ago

                It’s windows 11 - it overwrites settings and installs whatever the fuck it wants. It’s not as bad where you are because of the EU laws. I then spend some time removing all the shit etc it forced onto the machine this time.

                It’s a never ending game of whack-a-mole.

                • Jean-Noël Hurpeau@lemmy.worldOP
                  2·
                  8 days ago

                  Personnaly, I debloat Windows 11 with Revo Uninstaller. For some reasons, sometimes, random updates slows down once you deleted some Windows Apps. No real proof why, but I think they’re updates for this components and they can required rebooting to be properly installed.

      • axh@lemmy.world
        44·
        10 days ago

        You don’t have to use Linux… But, the side effects of using Lemmy might include switching to Linux and self hosting.

          • axh@lemmy.world
            11·
            10 days ago

            #ME2

            I mean, I didn’t when I joined Lemmy, but I do now.

            I don’t think Lemmy was the deciding factor, Microsoft almost forced me by checking how much they can enshitificate win11 before users start exploding.

              • JonEFive@piefed.socialEnglish
                4·
                10 days ago

                That’s perfectly valid. If Windows suits your needs and priorities, use it. I use Windows on my work laptop because Linux would be a nightmare with all the tools and apps we use. But personal laptop? Linux all the way.

              • CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org
                3·
                9 days ago

                It “just worked” for me as well… Until I got annoyed, wiped it tf out, installed linux, and learned about tiling wms/compositors (hyprland my goat) in the process.

                Trust me, you’re one bad day away from becoming one of us in full capacity:)

      • it_depends_man@lemmy.world
        201·
        10 days ago

        In case you’re serious, Lemmy is the hot, exciting, punk, rebel version of reddit and Linux is the hot, exciting, punk, rebel version of using your computer. The motivation for using either are quite similar.

      • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        10 days ago

        It’s okay if you’re not linux, but there are a lot of those users here. You’ll hear a lot about it, lol.

        It is not an anger factory here either for the most part. You’re coming around election time, so there is a bit of it. You might go through a bit of withdrawal.

    • DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      10 days ago

      Also, the more difficult your Linux distribution is to use, the more respect you’ll receive.

      E.g. Ubuntu < NixOS < LFS

  • AreaKode@riskeratspizza.com
    432·
    10 days ago

    It’s just like Reddit. Except non-fascist. And karma doesn’t mean anything. In other words, it’s much better!

    • sudo@lemmy.today
      132·
      10 days ago

      But still plenty of authoritarians who will tell you fascists are a better option than the better options.

      • JonEFive@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        You can block posts marked as NSFW in your settings. Well moderated instances require their users to properly tag their NSFW content.

        Some instances have rules against posting NSFW altogether or place limits on what can be posted.

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          You can also block just single users.

          Blocking is temporary and one-way. It only means you don’t see them or their content. More of a “hide”, really.

          At least that’s my understanding.

          You can block users, communities, and instances (maybe only instances can block entire instances?).

          There really aren’t a lot of hornyposting on here though. There’s basically zero OF and the only hornyposters are people doing it by hand, themselves, and are usually jokes, rather than pure thirst. Like I can name the only two users offhand that some people complain about, but if you really don’t like their content, you have all the power and right to just block them yourself.

          There was also the nsfw instance, but I’m not sure if that even exists anymore. Last I saw years ago, it was basically only bots, and a few instances (incl mine) blocked it, so I literally don’t even know if it still exists.

  • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
    32·
    9 days ago

    People around here really love Linux.

    Not saying it’s a bad thing. Linux is great.

    But people around here reeeealy love Linux.

    • Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world
      5·
      8 days ago

      I really really reaaheeeheeheeheely love Linux. But the rest shouldn’t be an ass about it. Even though it is superior (my opinion) there is plenty of OS’es to go around for everyone. And to each their own.

      The choice of an OS doesn’t give anyone permission to be smug and condenscending.

      By the way I use whatever works at the moment.

      • SharkBait@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        6 days ago

        Hey, you schmuck! You don’t get to dictate what I can be smug and condescending about! My distro is better than yours, and you will hear about it!

      • eepydeeby@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        5·
        8 days ago

        IMO, Linux users (myself among them, fwiw) are broadly less insufferable now that Windows shat the bed so hard and replacing/upgrading machines became unaffordable.

        I see a lot less “only rubes use Windows, I run Linux 😎” attitudes and more “Linux gave me my computer back” which reconverted me after a long Linux hiatus sparked by impossible driver puzzles on a busted netbook in the early 2010s.

        Every machine in my home runs CachyOS and it removed stress from our lives. Windows at this point is like a neglectful ex, and KDE the new partner that treats me right 😊

        • Sp00kyB00k@lemmy.world
          2·
          4 days ago

          Hell yeah. I help by directing people to FOSS variants of things they need. That and some general Linux administering / bash stuff.

          Help others and regain our computation back. For games and memes.

        • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          7 days ago

          Think about it as you can leave a bad landlord or bad housemates without leaving your friends and communities

    • knexcar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 days ago

      If Linux is so great why does my laptop’s Nvidia graphics card not Just Work™ out of the box?

  • pseudo@jlai.lu
    27·
    9 days ago

    Welcome. You are now a Lemming.

    Don’t worry to much about people telling you to hate this instance or this other, you’ll find out on your own. Use heavily the blocking fonction and everything will be fine.

    You don’t find a niche community to post or comment in? Do the same on the less niche but related community.
    Around here people hate AI, love beans, Start Trek and Linux. You can disagree and still enjoy the memes.

    Lemmy is like many tiny Reddits called instances. You barely realise you switch from one to another while browsing happily expect for “instance nationalism”. It is smaller but more humane. That’s about all you need to start.

    Don’t hesitate to share you hobbies to get recommandation. Here is mine anyway : !superbowl@lemmy.world

    Enjoy.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
    25·
    10 days ago

    Landlords, billionaires, AI, Reddit = Bad

    Beans, Linux = good

    Marxist-Leninists = it’s complicated

  • Contramuffin@lemmy.world
    261·
    10 days ago

    There is no karma here. Don’t worry too much about being downvoted every now and then.

    Also, I like sorting by scaled. It’s like sorting by hot, except it pushes smaller, niche communities up. Which is great if you don’t want your feed to just be news articles.

      • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        9 days ago

        I honestly don’t know or care what my lemmy karma is, or even where to look for it.

        Also I’ve been banned from a reddit sub and a lemmy community for asking questions I honestly didn’t know the answers to. Reason given in both cases was trolling or ragebaiting. Some communities are highly insular and suspicious of outsiders who don’t have the group mindset. Someone here called lemmy “diverse” - that can translate to a diverse variety of monocultural echo chambers.

        • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 days ago

          You don’t know because there isn’t anything like karma here. It doesn’t exist.

          There are votes on posts and comments, but they don’t carry over to your profile whatsoever.

          • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            7 days ago

            Thanks, I was wondering about that because somebody told a new user they had a specific number of upvotes, and it was way more than the current thread so I assumed it was cumulative for their account.

  • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world
    231·
    10 days ago
    1. Think about things you like.
    2. Look for community about said thing
    3. If it exists, GREAT! contribute content And have fun!

    3-A. If it DOESN’T exist, make it. THEN contribute & have fun!

    1. Become a linux user.
  • Pika@hikki.team
    21·
    10 days ago

    1. You are now legally obligated to change that Reddit chibi to something mouse-related

    2. Grab beans

    3. Boot up Linux

    4. Have fun!

    But seriously, Lemmy is a diverse place. Take some time to explore what’s in here, subscribe to what you like, block what you don’t. Lemmy leaves it up to you to curate your experience. Also, welcome!

  • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    10 days ago

    There’s about 20 monumental assholes here that are responsible for almost all of the squabbling and drama.

    Use the BLOCK function liberally, every time you find someone who’s just a complete asshat, block them.

    Eventually you’ll catch the big fish and life will get easier around here and you won’t have these morons to deal with.