Is Apple going to make a Mastodon server? I think that'd be pretty cool. In Apple fashion, it would require an app only available on iPhone and Mac, and this app wouldn't be able to connect to third party instances....
Please no... For the love of Foss, no. Apple would start making private changes to the ActivityPub protocol to support mundane things like images and polls in their own way while images and polls from other instances wouldn't load properly and would be in a green bubble.
Keep in mind that this limitation only on beehaw.org
Other Lemmy instances such as allow you to create communities freely. For example lemmy.ml or sopuli.xyz
The way federation works is that as a user of one instance you can read posts and comment from and to any other instance. That is how I can reply to this post even though my account is on lemmy.ml
What is not federated yet is community creation. Currently you can only create a community on an instance you have an account in and it so happens that beehaw on which you are has community creation disabled.
The idea is that it should not matter too much which instance you join, but you'll find a few differences between instances such as the ability to create a community or not, the existence of downvotes, etc...
Thank you, that makes sense. My biggest concern here is that "Active" often shows posts that are several days old when new content is already available.
There's some other RPi alternatives out there with less supply issues, but it seems like those have less community support and nearly no vendor support, especially with binary blobs. I'm looking forward to RPis being more available again.
Hello, is there a way I can request or create a lemmy.ml community be created? I want to create a lemmy team fortress 2 community to be created through lemmy.ml. is there a possible way to request it?
I can see that I can follow Lemmy communities from Mastodon (just tried it out with a handful of communities), but I don't see a way to have it work the other way....
Check out kbin.pub, it's like lemmy but supports microblogs (mastodon-like). It's not yet fully federated with Lemmy but will try to. I'm not a user though, just found about it today.
This is a genius idea. Imagine all app developers get together and once reddit stops working they ALL from their app's interfaces recommend switching to a lemmy instance, and mention that lemmy will be supported on their app in near future.
This could be a massive blow to reddit since the traffic these apps contribute to is huge.
Just joined, and well, I'm thinking ill stay. Ive been looking for a good reddit alternative for a while now. devs, you've done quite some good work here.
Hello, I'm considering hosting my own instance of Lemmy but it is crucial that users are allowed to block remote instances, not just individual communities....
Yes, this is exactly the use case I was talking about. If only instance admins can block whole instances, then there's a perverse incentive to pressure admins into outright banning instances that users disagree with but are not necessarily bad for everyone... especially divisive topics such as politics.
It's much better for an instance admin to let users know they can ban the instance themselves instead of having to fragment federation.
I'm hosting and running a Lemmy just for myself, and am having no problem with it. Lemmy is great. But I'm looking to branch out, and see what else exists out there.
Idea: every instance should have a community called "discovery" where admins post their instance's communities or recommendations
In the absence of relays it should be trivial for instance admins to follow each other's "discovery" community....
Apple made Mastodon guide (apps.apple.com)
Is Apple going to make a Mastodon server? I think that'd be pretty cool. In Apple fashion, it would require an app only available on iPhone and Mac, and this app wouldn't be able to connect to third party instances....
Can't see some communities from other instances
Hi, I'm new to lemmy, maybe I'm doing something wrong....
Suggestion for the creation of new communities
Disclaimer: I don’t know anything about coding or how this stuff works in the background....
Is it just me or does filtering by "Hot" seemingly give better results than "Active"?
Active seems to order based on discussion length while hot lets you discover newer content that's also popular....
CEO: Raspberry Pi stock to hit 1M units monthly, starting in July (arstechnica.com)
There's some other RPi alternatives out there with less supply issues, but it seems like those have less community support and nearly no vendor support, especially with binary blobs. I'm looking forward to RPis being more available again.
How does federation work with the "subreddit" model?
Hi, I'm new here, so sorry if this has been asked before....
Welcome to Pawb.Social!
After quite a while, @crashdoom has finally found something to do with pawb.social -- Introducing, Lemmy!...
how can I request a lemmy.ml community be created? (lemmy.one)
Hello, is there a way I can request or create a lemmy.ml community be created? I want to create a lemmy team fortress 2 community to be created through lemmy.ml. is there a possible way to request it?
Is it possible to follow Mastodon accounts from Lemmy?
I can see that I can follow Lemmy communities from Mastodon (just tried it out with a handful of communities), but I don't see a way to have it work the other way....
Asking third-party reddit app devs to consider Lemmy after recent Reddit API changes. (www.reddit.com)
I've also cross-posted this post on other third-party apps' subs:...
my thoughts on lemmy so far
Just joined, and well, I'm thinking ill stay. Ive been looking for a good reddit alternative for a while now. devs, you've done quite some good work here.
How can I, as a regular user, block certain remote instances?
Hello, I'm considering hosting my own instance of Lemmy but it is crucial that users are allowed to block remote instances, not just individual communities....
Looking for an entry to the Fediverse that's made for a single user. Preferably Reddit/Lemmy-like.
I'm hosting and running a Lemmy just for myself, and am having no problem with it. Lemmy is great. But I'm looking to branch out, and see what else exists out there.