General Discussion
Welcome to Lemmy.World General!
This is a community for general discussion where you can get your bearings in the fediverse. Discuss topics & ask questions that don't seem to fit in any other community, or don't have an active community yet.
πͺ About Lemmy World
π§ Finding Communities
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π¬ Additional Discussion Focused Communities:
- [email protected] - Note this is for more serious discussions.
- [email protected] - The opposite of the above, for more laidback chat!
- [email protected] - Into video games? Here's a place to discuss them!
- [email protected] - Watched a movie and wanna talk to others about it? Here's a place to do so!
Rules
Remember, Lemmy World rules also apply here.
0. See: Rules for Users.
- No bigotry: including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
- Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.
- Be thoughtful and helpful: even with βsillyβ questions. The world wonβt be made better by dismissive comments to others on Lemmy.
- Link posts should include some context/opinion in the body text when the title is unaltered, or be titled to encourage discussion.
- Posts concerning other instances' activity/decisions are better suited to [email protected] or [email protected] communities.
- No Ads/Spamming.
- No NSFW content.
Yess! They're so fluffy! Thanks!
Gorgeous cat! Looks super happy and content with you and with life.
Hey. I'm a Reddit refugee, long time internet lurker, and general weirdo. This is my absolute first Lemmy comment, so um... hi. Here's my dog as toll.
Also why is Jack sideways I am so confused.
I unfortunately don't have any answers as to that, but Jack's lookin' good from all angles! π
If you're using Jerboa I was having the same problem. I think lemmy might do that if you upload directly to it on desktop too. You have to upload images to something like imgur so it doesn't happen.
Hello. Was on Reddit for 10 years and been here six days now. I'm here mostly for science, news, fiction, games and finding new stuff. Got over the urge to look at Reddit already, but am taking this new poison. The fediverse with its different instances gives a feeling of smaller communities comming together which is both true and nice.
Hello π I will first introduce my 10 year old cat Simba. He loves going outside and smell trees and flowers. He do not like to play for long because he hates losing. Loves cuddles and is very social with everyone. He sleeps a lot too close by π
And my self (with out Pic).
I am a developer. I like reading Manga and manhwa, play games, do any kind of physical activity with others. I also seem to like lemmy a lot because I have never written this much publicly before.
Thanks for having me :D
Snazzy looking keyboard as well! Are you a mechanical keyboard enthusiast?
Hiya, thanks for visiting!
Also let's be real for a moment here...
You're really Simba, aren't you!? =P
Damn you got me! And I even did such a perfect fake sleep photo too!
Hey everyone, velvet here :) I am a developer with a revolving door of interests and hobbies. Lately I've been interested in true crime/horror, the Sims, aerial sports, and hanging out with my cat and two aussie pups! This is my first time joining the Fediverse after 12 years on Reddit, nice to meet you all!
Hello world.
I mostly do tabletop hobby projects, Iβve got both a huge backlog to post and some new stuff coming up. I also do generally creative projects including worldbuilding a little scifi space adventure universe that I started way back when I needed to keep myself sane at work.
Iβm here to add as much original content as I can for quality.
Hello! I'm also from Reddit, for like 11yrs. I usually don't post anything online ever, but I am going to try to contribute here sometimes. :) My hobbies/interests are anything PokΓ©mon, arts and crafts, reading, TV, gaming, cats, cooking, plants, Critical Role and paranormal/true crime podcasts. I have 2 doofy cats, Loki and Xandis. Currently, I am super duper excited for Baldur's Gate 3! Also excited to make hopefully the best potato salad I've ever made tomorrow.
Any suggestions for paranormal podcasts?
Yess! :) Astonishing Legends is what really got me into paranormal podcasts! They have good host chemistry, it's fun to listen to them. They go on tangents a lot. Highly recommend the Mothman, Black Eyed Kids and Vertical Plane episodes! And That's Why We Drink is fun, it's a couple of friends, one tells a paranormal story, one tells a true crime story. This Paranormal Life is sillier, they take turns telling each other paranormal stories, then they vote on whether they think it's real or not. Haunted Road - host tells a story about a place, then speaks to someone who works there and they discuss what they've experienced there, or what guests have experienced. Scared To Death - a couple tell each other scary stories, and try to scare each other. Spooked - different people telling their paranormal stories every episode. This one is usually really well made, the stories are really interesting! Used to be mostly a premium subscription podcast, but is now free!
Hey all! I live in the Southern US. I'm an IT director. Hobbies include lifting weights, manga/manhwa/manhua, RPGs (currently running a D&D 5E campaign and playing in an OSRIC campaign), and cooking.
I deleted my Reddit account a few days ago, including all my posts and comments. I'm all in. Lemmy has been fantastic.
Isn't Lemmy great? I feel so positive about the Internet for the first time in years. Welcome.
And now I just realized I've cursed myself with this thread to introduce myself...
So, hey! I'm an internet person that's floated around etherspace awhile, not that long, but at least long enough that I remember ol' forums and stuff like StumbleUpon. I've moderated a couple forums before and typically take a more hands-off approach to things.
I'm into some webcomics and really enjoy reading, but I'm also really bad/good about both getting a bunch of books & making lists of books to read and just kind of sporadically reading some of them. I dabble in a lot more, but this is me trying to keep it brief, so I'm stopping here. π
Oh hey there. Reddit user of 9 years, migrating for obvious reasons. Just want to introduce my little community, if any of y'all enjoy playing old-school forum games:
I'm really liking the friendly vibe here and hope it continues as the community grows!
Well okβ¦ Iβm an old timer whoβs been around the βnet since the days of dialup, when FIDO and local BBSs were the Next Big Thing. Iβve always preferred to avoid corporate services, and the Late Unpleasantness on the alien site and the bird site have only made me more sure thatβs the right stance.
Other than that, Iβve been a Trekkie forever. I love sci-fi, fantasy, and the paranormal. I enjoy a good ghost story, a smooth scotch, and a vintage fountain pen. Coffee is liquid gold. Everything else is subject to change without notice.
π - Have mostly been lurking various lemmy instances (beehaw, lemmy.world, β¦) and finally decided on creating an account here! Looks like I will need to create multiple accounts though due to defederation on some instances. No biggie, lol.
Hope to contribute content here and keep lemmy alive and well even as Reddit management is threatening many subreddits to open back up.
I'm on here and Beehaw as well. I like both places! Plus it gives me twice as many places to waste time on.
Hello! I'm 58 from Missouri and I just signed up here tonight. I'm fairly techy. I remember connecting to various BBS while in school with my 24k modem on my Tandy 1000 from Radio Shack. But this is all a bit overwhelming and a little confusing. I'm committed to getting the hang of it all and ditching the other place. Picture of my dog that likes to sit on rocks.
I honestly miss all the local BBSs and FIDOnet. Life was much simpler.
Hello folks.
Reddit veteran since around 2010.
Likes - Guitar-playing, kayaking, hiking, fishing, cooking, craft beer, camping, photography, cursed memes
Dislikes - Steve "the sleeve" Huffman
Hey, I'm Tobor. Migrated from another instance and I like it here! My interests are all over the place, but at the moment: Zelda, drawing, poetry and plants. Nice to meet you all π
I was an 11 year Reddit member, deleted my account yesterday.
Been here for a few hours and my nerves have already calmed, this feels like home!
Hi! I'm both a Reddfugee and genuinely curious about the fediverse / Lemmy.
But enough about me, I wanted to introduce my pet boat....uh.... Boaty McBoatface. She's pretty cool, especially since she's floating in some water in some location.
Wow it's crazy having an intro thread - it's like a forum from 25 years ago! I love Lemmy feeling quite small and welcoming like this, awesome.
I am in the UK, have followed through various platforms since the 90s. I am old and sensible as my grown up screen name suggests.
I write and play a lot of table top roleplaying games (TTRPGs)!
Been using Reddit since 2010. I should really be using the API controversy to break my social media addiction but here we are. Mainly just a lurker in hobby and video game subreddits but looking forward to contributing more here
I'm @nihilist_hippie, I came here to scroll. I was on Reddit from 2011 till today. I'm hoping Lemmy takes off, and some of the interface kinks get ironed out. I'm considering trying to get more people to come aboard. I like techie stuff, and music, and news, and memes.
Iβm new here and just wanted to try to post something to see if I understand the process. (Iβm an old man who thinks and moves slowly)
Welcome! Looks like ya have the commenting down!
Thanks for the feedback. When I tried to post that first comment I got a βFailed to post β notification in red at the bottom of my screen, so I had thought I had failed. So, good to know that it did work. Thank you.
Hello there! I'm a fellow Reddit refugee that quit after 10 years when Apollo shut down. I've got two very silly pups named Pippin and Sunny, a tortoise named Bowser, and a gerbil named Oreo.
I've been gaming since the 80's and haven't slowed down a bit. I'm currently playing WoW, Diablo 4, Tears of the Kingdom and Final Fantasy 16. I'd have to say that my favorite games of all time are Portal 1 and 2. I'm a big nerd and I love Legos, movies, books, art and ice cold martinis.
I'm very happy to be here :)
Hello!
Hi I'm a guy with four cats who's just here to see cat pictures mostly. My cats just want to sleep, so I get on here to watch other people's cats do fun stuff.
Hello Mostly_Frogs, I am the ~~slave~~ owner of five cats and I am also here for the cats! I havenβt quite figured out posting cats quite yet. I mean, I have posted, but the pic either turns out sideways or it posts as a link instead of a picβ¦ Iβll figure it out.
Iβm not sure about Lemmy yet. But it sure felt nice to post a cat photo after a couple weeks of Reddit chaos
Hello Lemmy, I too am a reddit refugee and I'd like to introduce you all to my fists... of friendship! Yes friendship!
Kidding aside, hopefully I'll be able to make myself at home in the coming weeks, and I'm hoping for my subs back over at the Big R to come over here. Interested in music discovery, self-improvement, graphic design, games, books, Warhammer lore, memes, and basically any community that might tickly me fancy.
Glad to be here! Oh, and Mr. $ can go #*!@& his API.
EDIT: a letter.
Canadian girl from the prairies here! Glad to have found Lemmy as my new home. Telling everyone and anyone about it! Love how small and new it feels. I actually feel I can post and comment without too much negativity so am slowly getting out of my lurker mode. Not so much on this account but you can find me trying to be chatty on both mander.xyz and sh.itjust.works (my main).
Happy to meet other Lemmies!
Count me as another Reddit refugee! Happy to have found Lemmy and hope to support a growing and vibrant community. I'll likely be in lurker mode (we introverts are good at that) as I learn my way around. Thank you for the FAQ - very helpful! I don't have a boat but do have a couple of cats and dogs. I enjoy art, books, music, humor, nature and technology. And yes, I've been around since the days of dial-up (who can forget that sound, right?) Grateful to be here.
Hello. I'm a a Reddit refugee, I mostly lurked though. I'm in my mid 20s. Here are my birds.
