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:
- A quick overview of Lemmy
- A detailed guide on how Lemmy works
- A quick overview of ‘the Fediverse’
- Learn about the non-profit that runs this site
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 :)
So, there are a couple of issues with ‘streamlining’, the big one being that Lemmy isn’t a single service, controlled by a single entity. It’s a website engine, that lets anyone create a reddit-like content aggregator service. There are a thousand “Lemmys” out there, each one owned and operated independently from each other. Most of them are just engaged in an implicit content free-trade agreement.
So, how do you streamline that?
The apps are also made by whoever wants to make them. And none of them are made by the development team behind the Lemmy software.
How do you streamline that?
And, importantly, do you want to? Because stream-lining means centralizing ownership of it all, which leads us right back to the kind of situation that every major social platform is currently experiencing: taking away control from the user.
The tech isn’t the barrier. It’s the communication. People keep saying “join Lemmy!” as if it’s a place you can go to, and not 1000 different places.
Thank you for clarifying! Now I understand a bit more how it works. 😁