I’m new as in this is my first day using lemmy. I don’t know anything about lemmy etiquette and don’t want to do anything bad

thanks and have an amazing day! also plz be kind :D

  • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
    14·
    5 months ago

    I didn’t use reddit much outside of a few niche communities, it had a repetitive brand of humor and weird dogpiling I didn’t jive with. Here, I find people genuinely want to engage, with moderation suited to a more mature crowd, at least in the communities I hang around.

    There are culture shifts between instances and communities, so I try to have a look around before I speak up. Some places you gotta lurk to get a feel, others are a free for all. I stepped on a few toes while I got my footing — just read the sidebars if you want to avoid that.

    Browsing by subscribed is the best experience, in my opinion. I see every instance so ALL is a cacophony of back alley circus heretics if I don’t tailor my feed.

    Here are some useful tools I picked up in my time here:

    Check defederated instances: https://federation-checker.vercel.app/

    Fediverse Observer: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list

    Comparison of Lemmy instances: https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

    Lemmy apps and discussion (2 years old): https://lemmy.world/post/465785

    The Lemmy Rat: https://lemvotes.org/

    • Camille_Jamal@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      what is lemvotes?

      it says to insert a link to give it a vote. what?

      I thought votes aren’t very relevant here

      • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Votes are relevant here in a different way, without the karma. They still show support and engagement, what’s popular kind of thing. Lots of downvotes can trigger a report or bots can be made to remove comments below a threshold for review.

        Lemmy is big on transparency, or working toward it. Right now mods of a community can easily see who voted on every post and comment in their communities, which is helpful for tracking vote manipulation. Lemvotes is just an extra step so everyone can see it. I like it because it holds mods accountable, too, they can’t just make shit up when no one can verify it.

          • Wren@lemmy.todayEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            Okay, so, the instructions aren’t super clear.

            For a comment you click on the rainbow fediverse icon to get to the page with the right link, because the URL needs to be the commenter’s home instance. Copy/paste the URL, select “comment” and submit. It should bring you to a list of up and down votes, who made them, and when.

            For vote history, it’s just [email protected] for me, for example. Select user, submit.

            Posts need to be from the poster’s home instance as well, same deal, hit the rainbow coloured icon to get the link.

            Newer stuff might not be federated yet, so you may get an error or not see the most updated info. Users with a lot of votes will take a minute or more to load as well.