I’m here from Reddit. They banned me for absolutely no reason. That’s frustrating. How works Lemmy ?

  • stopforgettingit@lemmy.world
    126·
    10 days ago

    Change post type to All and sort by Active. Start blocking communities that you don’t want to see and subscribing to communities that interest you.

    If you are like me and you want to see where everyone is talking, change your sort to New Comments instead of Active.

  • twinnie@feddit.uk
    53·
    10 days ago

    Honestly, it’s pretty left wing and there can be duplicates of communities. There’s far less content than on Reddit but I find that better because I lost weeks of my life doom scrolling on Reddit. I hit a point on here where I just have to wait for more stuff to appear. One good thing about that is you can comment on something and actually be heard. Not like on Reddit where all but the most niche communities have 200+ comments on each post.

    Also, and this is a big one, you have to be running Linux.

          • The_v@lemmy.world
            15·
            10 days ago

            Acceptable excuse. I am all in with Linux except that one program that uses .net and I can not get wine to work.

            So the laptop with win11 comes out every month or so. After the 3-4 hours of updates and 2-3 reboots, it’s up and running for the 30minute task I have.

              • The_v@lemmy.world
                4·
                9 days ago

                It’s windows 11 - it overwrites settings and installs whatever the fuck it wants. It’s not as bad where you are because of the EU laws. I then spend some time removing all the shit etc it forced onto the machine this time.

                It’s a never ending game of whack-a-mole.

                • Jean-Noël Hurpeau@lemmy.worldOP
                  2·
                  8 days ago

                  Personnaly, I debloat Windows 11 with Revo Uninstaller. For some reasons, sometimes, random updates slows down once you deleted some Windows Apps. No real proof why, but I think they’re updates for this components and they can required rebooting to be properly installed.

      • axh@lemmy.world
        40·
        10 days ago

        You don’t have to use Linux… But, the side effects of using Lemmy might include switching to Linux and self hosting.

          • axh@lemmy.world
            10·
            10 days ago

            #ME2

            I mean, I didn’t when I joined Lemmy, but I do now.

            I don’t think Lemmy was the deciding factor, Microsoft almost forced me by checking how much they can enshitificate win11 before users start exploding.

              • JonEFive@piefed.socialEnglish
                4·
                10 days ago

                That’s perfectly valid. If Windows suits your needs and priorities, use it. I use Windows on my work laptop because Linux would be a nightmare with all the tools and apps we use. But personal laptop? Linux all the way.

                • Jean-Noël Hurpeau@lemmy.worldOP
                  2·
                  8 days ago

                  For me Windows feels fast. I have Intel Core 7 150U with iGPU 24 gb RAM 1 to SSD Wifi, Bluetooth, etc.

                  My computer is an Asus VivoBook S14. Do you think it can be more faster than ever with Linux ? And will Linux increase this battery life and autonomy ? For now, it’s the only dumb point.

              • CheesyFox@lemmy.sdf.org
                3·
                9 days ago

                It “just worked” for me as well… Until I got annoyed, wiped it tf out, installed linux, and learned about tiling wms/compositors (hyprland my goat) in the process.

                Trust me, you’re one bad day away from becoming one of us in full capacity:)

      • it_depends_man@lemmy.world
        18·
        10 days ago

        In case you’re serious, Lemmy is the hot, exciting, punk, rebel version of reddit and Linux is the hot, exciting, punk, rebel version of using your computer. The motivation for using either are quite similar.

    • DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      10 days ago

      Also, the more difficult your Linux distribution is to use, the more respect you’ll receive.

      E.g. Ubuntu < NixOS < LFS

    • sudo@lemmy.today
      10·
      10 days ago

      But still plenty of authoritarians who will tell you fascists are a better option than the better options.

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          You can also block just single users.

          Blocking is temporary and one-way. It only means you don’t see them or their content. More of a “hide”, really.

          At least that’s my understanding.

          You can block users, communities, and instances (maybe only instances can block entire instances?).

          There really aren’t a lot of hornyposting on here though. There’s basically zero OF and the only hornyposters are people doing it by hand, themselves, and are usually jokes, rather than pure thirst. Like I can name the only two users offhand that some people complain about, but if you really don’t like their content, you have all the power and right to just block them yourself.

          There was also the nsfw instance, but I’m not sure if that even exists anymore. Last I saw years ago, it was basically only bots, and a few instances (incl mine) blocked it, so I literally don’t even know if it still exists.

      • JonEFive@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        10 days ago

        You can block posts marked as NSFW in your settings. Well moderated instances require their users to properly tag their NSFW content.

        Some instances have rules against posting NSFW altogether or place limits on what can be posted.

  • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
    31·
    9 days ago

    People around here really love Linux.

    Not saying it’s a bad thing. Linux is great.

    But people around here reeeealy love Linux.

  • Contramuffin@lemmy.world
    25·
    10 days ago

    There is no karma here. Don’t worry too much about being downvoted every now and then.

    Also, I like sorting by scaled. It’s like sorting by hot, except it pushes smaller, niche communities up. Which is great if you don’t want your feed to just be news articles.

  • pseudo@jlai.lu
    23·
    9 days ago

    Welcome. You are now a Lemming.

    Don’t worry to much about people telling you to hate this instance or this other, you’ll find out on your own. Use heavily the blocking fonction and everything will be fine.

    You don’t find a niche community to post or comment in? Do the same on the less niche but related community.
    Around here people hate AI, love beans, Start Trek and Linux. You can disagree and still enjoy the memes.

    Lemmy is like many tiny Reddits called instances. You barely realise you switch from one to another while browsing happily expect for “instance nationalism”. It is smaller but more humane. That’s about all you need to start.

    Don’t hesitate to share you hobbies to get recommandation. Here is mine anyway : !superbowl@lemmy.world

    Enjoy.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
    23·
    10 days ago

    Landlords, billionaires, AI, Reddit = Bad

    Beans, Linux = good

    Marxist-Leninists = it’s complicated

    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
      10·
      10 days ago

      It’s not that complicated, Half of the population are Marxist Leninist, and the other half thinks MLs are subhuman and being shot to death is a fate too kind.

    • kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      8 days ago

      About the Marxist-Leninist -situation…

      On certain instances here, there are tons of “tankies”, which are a group composed of Chinese and Russian propagandists, their bots, and useful idiots, who do not realize they are hanging in the metaphorical nazi bar, and are falling for their rhetoric. Tankies are essentially authoritarians larping as leftists, and have nothing to do with communism, for example. They will tell you stuff, like Ukraine belongs to Russia (or has nazis, and needs liberating), and that China does not genocide its minorities (and that tibetans deserve to be “civilized”). Anything criticizing Russian and Chinese authoritarian regimes, is evil propaganda (by CIA, the USA, or “the West” in general) to them.
      They do not argue in good faith, and giving them attention just allows them to get more visibility. They will try to bait people to write longer and longer rants, by multi-point arguments, that need tons of reading to disprove, or by insulting you/your country/etc., to derail the discussion, and to make you enraged and write those rants. The point is to exhaust you, to spread confusing info, and to make you seem bad, so that people will not believe you, but are more likely to believe them.

      (For the context, I am from Finland, and my aim at fighting the propaganda is, to try to prevent people from supporting Russian imperialism, so that Russia might be able to change at some point, and stop attacking and invading their neighboring countries (so a personal motive), and to criticize Chinese government for committing attrocities. I feel sorry for all the Russian and Chinese people, who have to live under the oppression. Unless they support invading their neighbors and genociding, that is straight up evil.
      I am also against the terrible things the USA is doing, mind you. Their propaganda machines just are not working very well here, since almost every lemmy user, seems to be against the USA government already.)

  • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world
    21·
    10 days ago
    1. Think about things you like.
    2. Look for community about said thing
    3. If it exists, GREAT! contribute content And have fun!

    3-A. If it DOESN’T exist, make it. THEN contribute & have fun!

    1. Become a linux user.
  • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    10 days ago

    There’s about 20 monumental assholes here that are responsible for almost all of the squabbling and drama.

    Use the BLOCK function liberally, every time you find someone who’s just a complete asshat, block them.

    Eventually you’ll catch the big fish and life will get easier around here and you won’t have these morons to deal with.

    • Wren@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      I’ve encountered a few. Not getting involved, but I’ve seen a few of what you’re describing.

      • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 days ago

        My rule is that it’s not my job to make idiots not be idiots, and it’s not my job to correct people who could already gather the correct information, but choose to not do that.

        Someone wants to be an obnoxious asshole? Great, they can just shout into the endless void, because I’m blocking.

    • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      9 days ago

      seconded, every now and then the way I notice I’m not logged in is that there’s suddenly a load of absolute dogshit on my feed.

      You don’t owe anyone a second chance if they post something dumb, it’s your feed, block block block. No need to announce it or have any great ceremony, just block and move on.

      • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        Thank you, I used to wrestle with the idea. Then I kind of realized it comes down to one question in my mind: does this person contribute to my online life or detract? If it’s detract, goodbye.

  • Pika@hikki.team
    20·
    10 days ago

    1. You are now legally obligated to change that Reddit chibi to something mouse-related

    2. Grab beans

    3. Boot up Linux

    4. Have fun!

    But seriously, Lemmy is a diverse place. Take some time to explore what’s in here, subscribe to what you like, block what you don’t. Lemmy leaves it up to you to curate your experience. Also, welcome!

  • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
    19·
    9 days ago

    They banned me for absolutely no reason.

    A year ago whenever I saw someone say this my assumption was that “no reason” was like “I only posted a light-hearted joke about murdering queers”, but Reddit has been such an absolute garbage fire recently that they genuinely do seem to be banning people for the most incredibly milquetoast shit.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
      6·
      10 days ago

      Hey now, I’m not on Lemmy because I love Linux and despise the AI hype cycle.

      I mean…I do love Linux…and I do despise the AI hype cycle…

      But that’s not why I’m on Lemmy.

      I mean, not the only reasons.

  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today
    18·
    10 days ago

    Any server with “ml” or “grad” in the name is a conservative server pretending to be progressive. These types of conservatives are called “tankies”. They pretend to be “leftists”, but they support genocide, dictatorships and violence against minorities and vulnerable classes.

    Tankies are conservatives who lie about who they are, hoping to confuse the normal people on the left. They are the cancer of Lemmy. They will never engage in good faith. Never. Treat them as the conservatives they are and never believe a word they say.

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
      11·
      10 days ago

      Tankies are fucking weird. I’ve never seen a group more obsessed with authoritarian fascism while proclaiming they are exactly the opposite. Even the other other right wing are more honest about it.

      • jobbies@lemmy.zip
        2·
        10 days ago

        I’m convinced they aren’t real and are just weird bots. They are a strange bunch.

    • jobbies@lemmy.zip
      5·
      10 days ago

      Tankies are conservatives

      For ‘conservatives’ they do an awful lot of praising China.

        • jobbies@lemmy.zip
          2·
          10 days ago

          You’re framing it in the American context though. Mixing politics and religion is taboo in most western democracies. And, religious conservatism isn’t the same as political conservatism.

          Ireland is a good example - devoutly Catholic but with very liberal politics. Gay marriage has broad support.

          UK - pretty much godless and very liberal - but historically politics has been dominated by the Conservative party. Broad support for same-sex marriage, and it was actually brought in by a Conservative government.

          China - authoritarian single-party system. Follows Communist ideology with a capitalist bent. Religion - taboo, government controlled, doesn’t feature in politics at all. The important difference is that its culturally very Asian. Even eastern democracies like South Korea and Japan have a tricky relationship with gay rights.

          If that were to change you’d imagine CCP would support gay marriage as it poses no threat to ideology or party policies.

      • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today
        3·
        9 days ago

        Yep. China’s government is very conservative. As is Russia’s.

        Communism and social conservatism are obviously not mutually exclusive. Just ask Stalin.

        • jobbies@lemmy.zip
          2·
          9 days ago

          China is a one-party psuedo-communist state, which is ultra far-left - the polar opposite of political conservatism. Yes, gay marriage is not permitted, but thats due to social conservatism.

          You’re correct in saying China is socially conservative, but saying its conservative implies a right-wing political ideology. It lacks nuance and implies something that is factually wrong.

          Russia - yes very conservstive. Soviet Union was politically far-left but modern Russia is basically christo-fascist. So its culturally, politically and religiously conservative.

          • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today
            2·
            9 days ago

            It is neither factually wrong, nor does it lack precision.

            Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Conservatives have been working hard for decades to somehow re-define fascism, communism, socialism, marxism, racism and antisemitism as “progressive” ideologies. Conservatives are pathological liars who insist on creating confusion rather than simply engaging in good faith.

            Communism is neither conservative nor its opposite, progressive. It is simply a societal structure. It is possible for conservatives to govern in a communist framework (ex: China, Russia, North Korea).

            Outside of specific university classes, the most commonly accepted modern western socio-political context of the word “conservative” is congruent with social conservatism. A reasonable public would also accept the alternative definitions: cockroach wearing a human skin-suit or traitor whose life is valueless.

            • jobbies@lemmy.zip
              1·
              9 days ago

              It is neither factually wrong, nor does it lack precision.

              What about abortion and the one-child policy? What about the system of state ownership of industries and strict control of private enterprise? Or state-imposed pricing of medications? Would you confidently describe those as ‘conservative’ policies?

              Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation

              What about Winston Churchill, Angela Merkel or Konrad Adenauer?

              Conservatives have been working hard for decades to somehow re-define fascism, communism, socialism, marxism, racism and antisemitism as “progressive” ideologies.

              Have they really? Donald Trump has been pushing UBI has he…? I didnt know he identified as a ‘racist’?

              Communism is neither conservative nor its opposite, progressive

              Good, I’m glad we agree on something.

              It is possible for conservatives to govern in a communist framework (ex: China, Russia, North Korea).

              Umm. If that were the case then you’d think there’d be plenty of examples. Which Chinese or Soviet-era leader would you specifically describe as being ‘conservative’. Not ‘socially conservative’, just ‘conservative’…?

              Outside of specific university classes, the most commonly accepted modern western socio-political context of the word “conservative” is congruent with social conservatism.

              Is it really. What about the ‘Conservative’ parties of UK, Norway and Denmark that legalised gay marriage?

                • jobbies@lemmy.zip
                  1·
                  9 days ago

                  Do I?

                  I’m a Conservative??

                  Is ‘claims to know something’ literally the only thing you could come up with??

    • Jean-Noël Hurpeau@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      10 days ago

      Oh, I’m french, so I don’t really understand what you’re sayind, sorry. But ok, ml and grad are bad ! Also, for me, lemmy.world is more than sufficient !

      • sudo@lemmy.today
        5·
        10 days ago

        .world isn’t the worst option, but if you’re looking to escape inexplicable moderation and power tripping self indulgence, you may want to look for another instance to host your account.

        Also if you’re against genocide, you will have different values than their moderators who are active genocide apologists and use their moderation to silence anyone who stands up against it.

          • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            9 days ago

            Just be sure to check the rules for the instances and communities you’re commenting in, and report every violation you see. Some community mods take the responsibility much more seriously but you’ll notice plenty that push their agenda. It’s a very small place though and if you get into an argument with a mod’s friend you’ll find yourself banned from communities for nothing.

        • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          9 days ago

          inexplicable moderation and power tripping self indulgence,

          This cannot be overstated. The moderation across lemmy especially in popular communities is wildly inconsistent and usually clearly ideologically biased. Very selective enforcement of rules and ToS. Lemmy community mods regularly make the average reddit mod seem professional by comparison.

      • jobbies@lemmy.zip
        1·
        10 days ago

        Bonjour je mapelle jobbies. Je suis 38 ans et je habite en Ecosse. Je t’aime Duran Duran et le ping pong.

        (Apologies thats all the French my mediocre education equipped me with!)

      • clanker_victim_555@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 days ago

        Tankies sont des soi disants gauchistes. Ils appuient l’usage des char d’assaults (tanks) pour écrasser des manifestants par les gouvernements communistes. Et plus loin de la, les Américains sont les méchants. Alors leurs enemis sont les bons.