It’s small enough that just browsing all will actually show you all.
Also big enough for that to be a somewhat unhealthy amount of content to keep up with.
Keep up with? Just browse some posts on /all while popping, then go live a life.
Pimple popping, my favorite thing to do while browsing lemmy
Well yeah, but to say browsing all will actually let you see everything is a bit of an exaggeration if that’s what you do.
Like I said. It’s possible, but probably not something anyone should actually be doing.
My intended point is that browsing all is a viable way to find communities. You won’t miss many communities if you browse everything. Then subscribe to what you like, block what you really dislike.
You’re right that all can be overwhelming and distasteful, but at least it really is everything, as opposed to the r/all, which was heavily filtered.
And it’s partially your fault, you monster! /s
I usually sort All by top 12 or 6, depending on how recently I last checked. That’s how I keep up with the general chatter. And I refresh my subscriptions by new once in a while to take part in the topics I enjoy as they emerge.
/all, top of last 12 hours has been my go-to
Depends which instance you’re on!
Ah yes.
I suppose if your instance isn’t federated with everyone, that would be an issue.
I don’t think it’s just federation, I believe for posts to appear in your instance’s All feed then at least someone on that instance needs to be subscribed to the associated community
Also, mods are petty and will delete or ban you if you make a comment that goes against their agenda. Even when the comment has nothing but up votes.
It might end up showing all the communities but it won’t show you every post. Like F1 posts rarely end up in all despite having an active community. You’re more likely to see posts from formuladank than formula 1.
Lemmy is a lot smaller than reddit so its more acceptable to post niche content in more generic communities. That being said I really like
Welcome to Lemmy!
Happy to be here! I’ve had this account since the Great Migration of 2023, but I was slow to actually leave Reddit because the dumpster fire was too enticing. Thanks for the recommendations.
Fun fact: Even if Spez banned you from Reddit, you can still edit your old comments. I just recently discovered that.
Anyways, welcome to Lemmy!
The fun hole link seems to be dead
It should be !funhole@lemmy.sdf.org
thanks
Oh, hey, I started one of those!
So happy you like it!
For any fellow weebs, there’s an instance, ani.social. It is host to a bunch of relevant communities.
Welcome!
- !casualconversation@lemm.ee
- !cat@lemmy.world
- !showerthoughts@lemmy.world
- !pics@lemmy.world
- !science@lemmy.world
- !todayilearned@lemmy.world
- !nostalgia@lemmy.ca
- !space@lemmy.world
- !bats@lemmy.world
- !map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
- !movies@lemm.ee for movie discussions rather than news
- !yurop@lemm.ee
And then a few specific
Some similar communities from my list:
!beavers@lemmy.world
!birding@lemmy.world
!lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
!squirrels@lemmy.ca
!superbowl@lemmy.worldI really enjoy all the niche animal communities. /c/bats makes me smile every day.
Same. They keep my Subscribed feed from seeming too bleak.
Cats 404
Indeed, I edited, thanks!
For discovering new communities !trendingcommunities
And finally !newtolemmy
Arrrrrrooooooooooo MFER!!!1!!!
Hope to see you in !tenforward@lemmy.world
Not to be too biased or anything, but I mod
and
I also really like
The userbases on all of these communities are a little smaller, but steady and the vibe is more positively authentic than Reddit alternatives.
When I moved over I searched for versions of all my reddit communities. Sadly, a lot of them are inactive, but I subbed anyway just in case. Then I went onto all and looked for the top handful that had stuff I liked. Now I mostly stick to my subscribed and flip over to all if I run out.
Sadly, Lemmy is too small to have many active niche communities of its own, so as already said your best bet is just viewing all.
Alongside this, viewing specific instances can give you a slightly more curated experience than just all of Lemmy.
Most niche communities from R*ddit are pretty much dead here unless you are looking forward to being a regular poster yourself. This rather requires sticking to the lemmy.world open feed rather than creating a custom feed with your communities only, if you are looking to scroll a lot instead, of course. Just stick around a bit, see how often what communities and people reach the general feed, elect to block the ones that feel flooding your feed or not to your taste. Maybe give some regularly-posted communities that are previously not in your area of interest some chance before going on a mass block. This place does have a quality and rather genuine people, but in a limited scope.
Welcome! There’s a lot of actually good content on here if you avoid Hexbear and lemmy.ml.
I go back and anonymously browse Reddit sometimes and it feels plastic.
If you want to avoid specific instances, it’s best to go to an instance that defederates from those instances. That’s the power of the Fediverse - you get to choose an instance that aligns with your values and moderation style :)
Avoiding them myself is great, but long term I’d love do see the Fediverse succeed. We need to shut down propaganda if we want it to be viable. There’s no corporation or organization running the show, it’s us.
The way to shut down propaganda is defederation and diligent moderation. That takes some actions from admins and moderators, who as you note are mostly volunteers. So do your best to support your local mods and admins in doing that or volunteer yourself :)
Agreed, well said. I hope the fediverse can really become a good thing
Rather than particular communities, I tend to just do all - last 12 hours.
!newcommunities@lemmy.world is all you need to know
Shameless plug for !cfb@fanaticus.social it’s the offseason so it’s not crazy active. But if you’re looking for college football…
linuxmemes and the worldnews communities on both .world and .ml
It’s good to have both because they bias against each other.
c/wizards
c/golincore
c/comicstrips
c/thefarside
You need to link like this: !wizards@lemmy.world, otherwise it doesn’t work for users on other instances.