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Can we get a How-to for using this new site? (ttrpg.network)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I would like to support the effort to move away from Reddit, but I have no idea how this new site works.

Any resources you would recommend? Also, should we consider putting a sticky note on how to use the platform?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hello! We just received notice about the TTRPG network and we federated our instance with yours.

I'll try to explain:

  1. People create servers such as ttrpg.network.
  2. Each server can host their own communities, such as [email protected]
  3. However servers are not isolated. You can use one single account to participate in communities on any server.

That is how I'm able to write this comment from a completely different server.

You have three different timelines:

  1. Subscribed (communities you're subscribed to, whether on your account's server (local) or on other servers (remote).
  2. Local (only posts on local communities)
  3. All (all posts from communities your server knows to exist)

Tip: switch your default ordering from "Active" to "Hot". I feel it gives better results.

The only tricky part to getting started, especially at a very new instance like ttrpg.network is community discovery. Your server won't know what communities exist out there unless a user searches for them.

You can do this by going to https://lemmyverse.net/communities and following any communities you like! To do so go to the search page (magnifying glass) and copy/past or type the name of a remote community. For example say you want to subscribe to [[email protected]](/c/[email protected]). Simply copy paste that in the search box (including the exclamation mark). It might take a couple of seconds or require a refresh, but your server (ttrpg.network) will discover this new community and make it available to all other users on your server. You can also click on it and in the sidebar click on the "subscribe" button to join it like you'd join a subreddit.

And that's pretty much it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you very much for the run-down! We’re basically trying to inflate the life raft after tossing it over-board here, so this helps a lot.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not sure if you're an admin or a mod here, but even if you're not, you can help out this instance a lot with this userscript.

(If you're not a mod, admin or know about userscripts, feel free to ignore this. This is to automate your server fetching remote communities and making them available to all users)

https://reddthat.com/post/69331

  1. You can install this with greasemonkey or firefox or tampermonkey on chrome (for desktop only)

  2. Then go to https://lemmyverse.net/communities

  3. In the upper right click on the "home" button and write ttrgp.network as your home instance.

  4. Now open every community you think your users will enjoy in a separate tab. I do control+click, click, click, click... and maybe open 50 or so.

What will happen is the following:

  • You will likely get a 404 not found error on the new tab you opened because your server doesn't know about that community yet
  • The script automatically redirects you from that 404 page to the search page
  • Your server will immediately fetch the remote community and make it discoverable

In the future it's likely that the whole discovery process will be automated. The lemmy software itself was not prepared for such an explosive growth and is lacking some features, but right now we have to roll with the punches because it's the best non-proprietary alternative out there (together with Kbin, which also interoperates with lemmy). Any other alternatives either isolate (eg. a simple forum) or are also owned and run by some for-profit company where you run the risk of digg/reddit stuff happening ago.

Right now this instance is owned by the moderators of your reddit community and you know no one can come in and ruin stuff, even if it takes some time to rebuild the community.

Tip: switch your default ordering from “Active” to “Hot”. I feel it gives better results.

Edit: Also worth mentioning. If you see a remote community you really don't like but don't want to block the remote instance entirely, an instance admin can simply click on the "remove" button of the remote community. Generally speaking it's probably best to give your users access to all or most remote content which could include NSFW, but if you really don't want to have a certain remote community appear on your list of remote communities, you can remove it (not purge, just remove) and it won't show up anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I’m an admin, and this is hugely helpful. I’m at work now but I’ll certainly look into all of this when I get to my desktop at home.

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

So if I wanted to join the furry memes community on your server, how would I go about doing that? I tried to log in using the same credentials I set up here, but it just spins forever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don't need to login on our server. You access those communities from ttrpg.network

Go to the search option in your instance while being logged in and type in [[email protected]](/c/[email protected]) including the exclamation mark. It might take a couple of seconds, then click on the result and subscribe to the community and you'll see its posts in your feed.

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

Ah, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

thanks i was wondering as well. i wanted to join a woodworking server but had no idea what was happening.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This explanation is extremely helpful, thank you! I had read the getting started guide and had a general understanding of how things worked, but this helped clear up some things that I was still a little unsure about (including how I could actually get here with my account being recognized so that I could respond). Much appreciated!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I agree with wander.

While it is good to have an account at a smaller community, it does make discoverability hard, especially for a beginner.
You could allso get another account with the bigger ones like mastodon.world or kbin.social, and you can still post here.

I posted this from kbin.social

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Here is a link collection in "my" instance. Maybe you want to reuse some of that.

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

How does one create a new community?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't subscribe for communities from lemmy.ml - [email protected] for example. It just show zero posts. Why is that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it will only add new posts after subscribers from an instance start subscribing to it. Historical posts wont be federated (this is intended with how lemmy works).

You should be able to subscribe to it, and as soon as you do new posts will start federating. I see the option to subscribe to that community from here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was trying to say just that - it shows zero posts after subscribing, and other ml communities behave the same way

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I currently see 0 subscribers from this instance for that sub. Does it show you that you're subscribed? Does it maybe say "subscribe pending"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, that’s picture I saw when I’ve been subscribed. But now it works, suddenly)