Before reddit goes dark on Monday, I would like to add a short video to the join-lemmy.org site that shows new users how to create a lemmy account and subscribe to (remote) communities....
Most of the Lemmy instances seem to require an email to sign up. That's fine, except most of the places you would go to sign up for email want you to... already have an email. And often a phone number. And almost always a first name, last name, and birthday....
The instance list has a couple of recommended sites at the top. They are defined in this file and seperated by language. For most languages there is only one recommendation or none at all, so you can simply add yours by making a pull request....
I think we should add the following criteria to instances at the VERY TOP that are recommended to new users:
The instances does not define an allowed list of instances
Downvotes are enabled
NSFW content is allowed
Users can create new communities
...otherwise new users (eg from reddit) are not going to use lemmy because it won't match their expectations.
Personally, I was pretty disenchanted by my experience on lemmy when I first joined. I had to create accounts on like 5 different instances before I found one that worked (that's why I created the comparison table of lemmy instances).
Most new users won't have that perseverance. If, for example, they see there's no downvotes on the "recommended" instance, they'll probably give up and leave lemmy.
I think at the top, just above the "Recommended" add:
For a more detailed comparison of Lemmy instances, see:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances">Awesome-Lemmy-Instances on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://the-federation.info/platform/73">the-federation.info Lemmy Instances Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lemmymap.feddit.de/">Feddit's Lemmymap</a></li>
</ul>
After you create an account, you can find communites across all instances using <a href="https://browse.feddit.de/">Feddit's Lemmy Community Browser</a>
<h2>Recommended</h2>
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I don't know why nobody mentions RedReader. It's so much better than Infinity or all those closed-source pieces of shit that I wouldn't touch with a 10m stick.
So in the spirit of this community and not just to focus on the Reddit... issues... I thought it might be nice to get a topical conversation going in here....
I make BusKill laptop kill cords that make your computer lock, shutdown, or self-destruct if the device is physically separated from you.
This protects your (encrypted) data from theft, which can be useful for digital nomads and cryptotraders working in cafes/coworking spaces. But our target audience is journalists, activists, and human rights workers in oppressive regimes.
Both the hardware and the software are open-source (CC-BY-SA, GPLv3). We manufacture the hardware with injection molding, but if you have a 3D-printer, then you can take a stab at our 3D-printable prototype.
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....
See which instances are blocked more than others
awesome-lemmy-instances adds two new columns:...
Intro Guide to Lemmy (tech.michaelaltfield.net)
I wrote a guide to help users with their migration to Lemmy...
awesome-lemmy-instances adds server uptime (github.com)
The GitHub repo that provides a comparison table of different lemmy instances now includes server uptime %...
[RedReader] Update 4: Reddit grants non-commercial accessibility exemption to RedReader (old.reddit.com)
Hello everyone, after a few days of discussions with Reddit I finally have an update to share on the current situation....
[Request] Intro to Lemmy (Video Guide) (lemmy.ml)
Before reddit goes dark on Monday, I would like to add a short video to the join-lemmy.org site that shows new users how to create a lemmy account and subscribe to (remote) communities....
Where are people getting their emails?
Most of the Lemmy instances seem to require an email to sign up. That's fine, except most of the places you would go to sign up for email want you to... already have an email. And often a phone number. And almost always a first name, last name, and birthday....
BusKill Warrant Canary for 2023 H2 🕵️ (buskill.in)
We just published our #WarrantCanary for 2023 H2 🕵️...
Which instances should be recommended on join-lemmy.org?
The instance list has a couple of recommended sites at the top. They are defined in this file and seperated by language. For most languages there is only one recommendation or none at all, so you can simply add yours by making a pull request....
Let's add Lemmy to Font Awesome! (github.com)
I created a ticket with Font-Awesome to add the lemmy icon....
Comparison of Lemmy Instances (github.com)
I created a repo on GitHub that has a table comparing all the known lemmy instances...
Uptime Monitoring of Lemmy Instances?
I'd really like to find a website that displays the percent uptime for each of the lemmy instances in the Fediverse. Does one already exist?...
Is it just me? (lemmy.world)
Is it possible to query a lemmy instance's Federation State?
Is it possible for a user to query the state of a given lemmy server's federation state?...
What's the difference between "linked", "allowed", and "blocked"
If you query the lemmy API, you get a ton of fun JSON data:...
3D-Printable BusKill (USB Dead Man Switch) Prototype (www.buskill.in)
This article is about a new 3d-printable prototype version of the BusKill cable....
What open source project(s) are you working on?
So in the spirit of this community and not just to focus on the Reddit... issues... I thought it might be nice to get a topical conversation going in here....
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....