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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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:

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 :)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hi Everyone! I joined today. Have used Lemmy briefly in the past but never got into it fully.

Only question I have right now is - how does one create a Community? I'd like to start one for my small town to post news, events and open discussions for others to find and join as the server grows.

Thanks in advance!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

With that said, if there's no activity in the small community, I'd post directly in !Canada. As we grow and we get more people, I think we'll naturally break out into the smaller geographical communities. I think this is valid even for provinces at this point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's fair. It's probably too small of a user base to warrant it's own community today.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Can still make it but if you want people to see things related to it, dump 'em in !Canada. It's what I do for Toronto.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, assuming this is a Canadian small town, comment in this thread and I'll add it to the big list

https://lemmy.ca/post/2890824?scrollToComments=true

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks Otter! It is a Canadian small town (Okotoks). I'll try getting it set up via web this week if I have time! Appreciate the guidance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Welcome!

If you open the website in a web browser, you should see a 'Create Community' button.

A more detailed step by step:

Name: ex. 'vancouver'

it will appear in the link (c/Vancouver), and can't be changed

Display Name: ex. Vancouver or Metro Vancouver etc.

you can keep changing this, but keep it relatively short

Icon & Banner are recommended

Sidebar for a description of the community and any rules are recommended

Under languages, select whichever languages users should select from when posting (ex. Undetermined, English, French)

Then you can post in places like [email protected] and [email protected] so people know about the new community

Then keep posting to it till it gets rolling :)