This site is currently struggling to handle the amount of new users. I have already upgraded the server, but it will go down regardless if half of Reddit tries to join....
Calckey, a fork of Misskey, has been in development for almost a year but now it's ready for general use! it features groups, quote posts, a custom Markdown implementation, chat, emoji reactions, and a whole bunch of quality-of-life features!
We are happy to see that many of you are exploring Lemmy after Reddit announced changes to its API policy. I maintain this project alongside @dessalines....
Basically, a user on any lemmy instance can subscribe to a group on any lemmy instance (as long as the instance admin hasn't blocked the other instance). So then they see activity on that group on their home instance.
Moderators are appointed by the sub creator, and they can come from any instance. But of course, an instance admin can block/ban/delete content from their own instance, even if they aren't a moderator. The difference is, the moderators moderation action will federate to other instances, but the instance admins will not.
Does a log of it federate, or does the action itself federate?
That is to say, if a user on my instance makes a post, and it federates to lemmy.ml, and a lemmy.ml instance admin deletes it, does the original get deleted from my instance?
It's a bit of both, but it's also instance specific. Most of it comes from lemmygrad, because there is a lot of cross federation between users and groups on lemmy.ml and lemmygrad. On a smaller instance without much interaction with lemmygrad, you won't see the same scenario
I got mine from a song I like https://invidio.us/watch?v=Gy88-5pc7c8&autoplay=0&continue=0&dark_mode=true&listen=0&local=1&loop=0&nojs=0&player_style=youtube&quality=hd720&thin_mode=true
They're a very large community based on a significantly diverged fork of lemmy with some major DB differences that make federation impossible.
The work they're doing is to bring it back inline with lemmy and allow for federation with the wider lemmy community. They have something like 20,000 members
I have a question about communities. Are communities server-specific, for example, is the "Gaming" community on lemmy.ml different from the one on, say, beehaw.org and will I need to join both?
It avoids centralisation. You can simply defederate from nazi instances, and the whole platform can't be sold out from underneath you.
And for someone like me, who is trans and runs several instances for the gender diverse community, I'm able to curate the experience so my users don't experience constant hate and aggression. So if someone is posting transphobic stuff that doesn't get actioned on their home instance, I can block that user (or their whole instance) from mine even if I'm not a moderator of the community.
The same problem existed on reddit, and it will resolve in the same way. There are often overlapping communities, but ultimately, the users will decide what works, and one or two of them will win out.
So in this case @gaming and @gaming are two different communities, both of which can be followed, and both of which federate to anyone that follows them.
It's similar to the way multiple closely related subs can exist on reddit. And it will resolve in the same way, with the users ultimately deciding
Right, but what I'm saying is that as an instance admin, I can and do block other instances for the reasons you outline. If someone posts in a hate sub, they're getting banned from my instance. If an instance is explicitly right wing, it's getting defederated from my instance. If someone does "what about"ism or otherwise excuses transphobia, racism, sexism or the like, they're getting banned from my instance.
I'm explicitly biased towards communities and people that align with my beliefs, and will happily ban anyone that is actively opposed to them. I have zero interest in "free speech" as a guiding policy that I should be aiming for.
Which is to say, I am many of the things you say reddit is, but lemmy isn't, and yet here I am on lemmy.
The difference is federation vs centralisation. On reddit, if you don't like it, you're out of luck. On lemmy, if you don't like an instance, you can find another or even create your own. But both of those versions can and do have humans with bias pushing ban buttons
lemmy.ml is overloaded, use other instances instead
This site is currently struggling to handle the amount of new users. I have already upgraded the server, but it will go down regardless if half of Reddit tries to join....
Introducing Calckey! (calckey.org)
Calckey, a fork of Misskey, has been in development for almost a year but now it's ready for general use! it features groups, quote posts, a custom Markdown implementation, chat, emoji reactions, and a whole bunch of quality-of-life features!
Welcome Reddit refugees!
We are happy to see that many of you are exploring Lemmy after Reddit announced changes to its API policy. I maintain this project alongside @dessalines....
Mastodon monoculture problem (rys.io)
Modder wires ChatGPT into Skyrim VR so NPCs can roleplay and remember past conversations (www.pcgamer.com)
now that's a useful ChatGPT application;...
What's the story behind your username?
I got mine from a song I like https://invidio.us/watch?v=Gy88-5pc7c8&autoplay=0&continue=0&dark_mode=true&listen=0&local=1&loop=0&nojs=0&player_style=youtube&quality=hd720&thin_mode=true
Some more progress with hexbear moving to LemmyNet (www.hexbear.net)
(they are looking for people to help with infrastructure so might be worth letting them know if you can help with that)
Forget the Pokédex, our brains contain a ‘rich cognitive map’ of Pokémon (www.polygon.com)
Is there a way to see all the communities in another instance without leaving your home instance?
I'm wondering because I've been shamelessly using @Sal as portal for all the Mander sublemmies
Are communities server-specific? i.e, is the "Gaming" community on lemmy.ml different from the one on, say, beehaw.org?
I have a question about communities. Are communities server-specific, for example, is the "Gaming" community on lemmy.ml different from the one on, say, beehaw.org and will I need to join both?
Reddit vs Lemmy?
Using Reddit for years , I had come to Lemmy....
Meta mulls a Twitter competitor codenamed ‘P92’ that will be interoperable with Mastodon (www.moneycontrol.com)
Victorian Greens party (Australia) improves code of conduct to tackle transphobia (www.thepinknews.com)
New Study Confirms Extremely Low Regret Rates for Gender-Affirming Surgery (www.gendergp.com)