With all the new users coming to Lemmy, myself included, I thought we could pin an FAQ to this community.

Here are a few questions that I’ve seen floating about the last few days. If anyone would like to take a stab at answering them in the comments, I’ll edit the post and add them here.

  1. What is Lemmy?
  2. How does Lemmy compare to Reddit?
  3. What does federated mean?
  4. Does it matter what instance I make an account on and what are the implications?
  5. Can I transfer my account to another instance in the future?
  6. If my instance shuts down, what happens to my posts, comments, messages, history, etc?
  7. How does moderation work?
  8. Are bots allowed?
  9. Are there Android and iOS apps?

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What else?

  • tezoatlipoca
    3·
    2 years ago
    • why can my instance sometimes not find a community that I know exists (if you look at its home instance)?
    • [federation] how can I follow a Lemmy community from <other fediverse platform> and what will that look like? can I respond from <other>, what does THAT look like on Lemmy and vice versa?
    • [federation] can I search/follow users/hashtags in other fediverse platforms on Lemmy?
    • tezoatlipoca
      3·
      2 years ago

      [meta]

      • where do I go with questions?
      • is there a community search engine? Y: https://browse.feddit.de/
      • is there a community listing? Y: each instance has one of course, “Communities” at the top, but [email protected] is trying to compile one and has it stickied.
      • is there a list of instances?
      • how do I find my instances admin?
      • how do I find a communities moderators?