We have gotten a lot of new signups over the past few days, and we’re all very excited to have you joining us! You’ll find that people are more than happy to help you get started and learn how to use the site.

If you feel up for it, you can introduce yourself or ask questions below!

We have put together some resources to help new users get started:

You can also read:

These guides were published very recently, and we will be updating them over time. If you find that something is confusing or missing, please let us know and we can improve them further.

For an organized list of Canadian communities (provinces/territories, Cities / Local , Sports, Schools, BuyCanadian, CanadaPolitics etc.), see this post on [email protected]. You can also ask about communities in places like [email protected].

We also encourage you to check out [email protected], so that others can help you / learn from your questions.

Welcome to Lemmy :)

  • ehpoliticalEnglish
    7·
    7 days ago

    Thanks, that helps! Sorry if this is a stupid question or not worded correctly: In this larger network, of which lemmy.ca is one “instance”, are all instances Canadian?

    • OtterOPMAEnglish
      15·
      7 days ago

      Nope, lemmy.ca is Canadian and so is another big Lemmy instance called sh.itjust.works. There are also lots of smaller instances that are by Canadians. Since anyone can set up an instance, more technical users (with a background in that kind of thing) have set up instances for themselves or their friends / family. A university or local government could also set one up.

      But the rest of the network is vast. A lot of the other Lemmy instances (ex. feddit.uk, jlai.lu) are European, aussie.zone is Australian, etc. Many of the instances are generalist instances not focusing on any location (lemmy.world, lemm.ee, etc) or topic specific (programming.dev is focussed on that).

      I hope that’s not too much information, I’m excited is all :)

      • ehpoliticalEnglish
        14·
        7 days ago

        Lol, not too much info at all… I’m excited too! I mean, this really is amazing. I’m still using Reddit right now, but weaning myself off by the day… it always takes me a bit of time to adjust to new websites. But Reddit’s been a big one lately… with everything that’s going on, I couldn’t figure out where else we could all meet to continue organizing or even just chat… and suddenly here it is, lemmy! Anyhow, thanks for that explanation, well put and understood! Go lemmy! :)

        • TroyEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          You don’t have to quit cold-turkey either. I still use reddit for a few communities that don’t have traction anywhere else (niche game mods or similar). But I try to mostly create content here and not on Reddit. Things take time :)

          • ehpoliticalEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            Thanks. I’m finding the change surprisingly easy… it normally takes me much longer. I didn’t start using Reddit even until a year after I first visited the site. But now, for the last couple of days, I’ve checked in only because of notifications I’m still getting. There’s something about Lemmy I’m taking to really fast… has a more intimate feel or something… definitely much more pleasant!