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Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.


Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

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(Reminder: if you have shared the original version in a public post with an old version up, replacing it with this one might be more helpful.)

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly. I chose to handwrite the text to avoid font copyright infringement.

Feel free to share this poster as you wish, especially on Reddit. All I ask is that you respect the license and don’t remove my socials at the bottom. If anyone’s addition is included, I’ll credit them, and if this gets added onto (or translated) by someone else later, they can add their info as well.

I hope someone can find it useful with the subreddit blackouts right around the corner.

I want to thank the Beehaw admins so much for their amazing work!

(Poster edited; I spotted a duplicated word, mrmanager@lemmy.today noted the lack of whitespace; current version is slightly larger and has been spaced out. You can still request the 800x2000 size, but know it is a little squished.)

(Edit 2: Removed defederation part as it’s not really required. The email analogy blackcoffee@beehaw.org suggested has been added, thanks!)

(Edit 3: Here’s another version making the interconnectivity a bit clearer and mentioning some cool-looking reader apps that have been suggested! Also made the image slightly longer for ease of viewing. I might do some small cosmetic changes tomorrow)

(Edit 4 is here with the date updated towards the bottom. This version contains a reminder to verify your email, lets people know why mlem isn’t showing up on App Store searches, and added fedia.io to Kbin instances. Some colors have been changed slightly to be more mobile friendly, as this is written and edited from a phone tablet. If you have a hard time reading this because of the changes, please let me know. Thank you all for the help and tips!)

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[–] pivotraze@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You could mention that Fedia.io is an alternative to kbin.social, as kbin.social is starting to get overwhelmed.

[–] unsunny@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for letting me know!

[–] z3k3lon@lemmy.pt 3 points 2 years ago

Great post, looks awesome.

[–] Dandylion@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you! Super helpful

[–] marsxyz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"You can use a mastodon account to use lemmy"

What do you mean?

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[–] UnsupervisedScum@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I cant add my account on mlem. I wonder if I am putting in the correct information for homepage.

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[–] B4tid0@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Extremely useful & consice! Thanks for the work ~

[–] icanmakesound@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the info! Been here for a few days but it can still be a little confusing.

[–] Kory@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's great. I agree with the removal of de-federation, I don't see how that's important at this stage. And since you mention kbin.social, why not also point people to https://join-lemmy.org/?

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[–] cielnova@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I'm still not entirely sure of how it works, but I still think this was really useful. Thanks for the info

[–] rickcooker@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

join the same communities together

Let me make sure I have this right:

  • there are separate Lemmy instances
  • I can chat with other people from other instances (like email)

If I wanted to join the same communities as a friend, do I need to sign up for another instance or do communities 'live' on multiple instances? For instance, a community on 'cats.' If there is one on {instance1} and {instance2}. They aren't the same, right?

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[–] billbennett@mastodon.nz 2 points 2 years ago

@unsunny that link doesn’t appear to work

[–] PCChipsM922U@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly.

Why didn't you mention Jebora or the iOS app? People are into apps, makes things easier and quicker. For example, I never would have transfered to Lemmy if it wasn't for Jebora.

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[–] cfx_4188@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Jerboa has a not very user-friendly interface. Maybe I'm not used to it, but the feed updates jerkily, everything works with a slight lag.

[–] JesusTheCarpenter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Really well put together. Very succinct but with enough information to get people started.

I find that for not tech people trying to deal with such terms like fediverse, kbin, Lemmy, instance, protocol might be quite overwhelming and even off-putting. I am saying this because I used to do software development and still took me a bit to get my head around it.

[–] fromnewradius@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

How can i collapse comments?

[–] OmegaMouse@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can someone clarify for me - can I 'add' a kbin community to the Lemmy instance I'm on in the same way as any other community? For the first time I'd need to type !news@kbin.social for example (if no-one else had already added that community in my instance)? I ask because I tried to do that, and it doesn't come up under the listed communities. But maybe that's because kbin is overloaded?

[–] azdle@news.idlestate.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yep. You just need to search that exact example (or just the URL) and it should pop up a little link where you can view that community from your local instance, which'll have a subscribe button.

You might have tried it while kbin.social's federation was broken from being behind cloudflare for awhile.

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