this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2025
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I came here from that post :) looking good!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Welcome ! Feel free if you have any questions!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

Actually it's all pretty intuitive, I like the idea of national servers (joined the .nl one) but being able to see all the other servers too. I hope we can get more people to switch

[–] neidu3 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Welcome!

It is recommended (but not required) to use a client that lets you block certain instances and communities. It allows for you to curate a more "sane" feed.

Also, we are frequently accused of being nice here on lemmy, so just to even things out a little: Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. Now, stick around and enjoy your stay, or I shall taunt you a second time.

PS: You should totally install Linux.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Hey! I'm using voyager as a client! Will there be a need of blocking instances however?

I already use Linux wherever I can (sadly not for my work laptop yet..)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I haven't felt the need to block any instance besides the NSFW ones on my main account so I can scroll in public without porn popping up, but then again I'm less thin-skinned than most

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

You can have a look at those two and make your own decision

[–] neidu3 3 points 2 days ago

Blocking instances is your choice really. I won't mention any, as I prefer people to decide for themselves, but it shouldn't take you long to notice some common denominators regarding posts and communities from certain instances.

[–] Tiger 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Hey tradition is on your first day gotta send us nudes! Just kidding, tradition is gotta google what “tankie” means :p

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Google? 😱

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Ahah I don't think anybody here wants to see my nudes, there's enough dick pics on the internet already.

But, I do know what tankie means ;)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tradition is do whatever you want and ask questions 😄

[–] Tiger 4 points 2 days ago

Yes you’re right, great work you’re doing promoting Lemmy in the world, bravo!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for this post. I was always on reddit, but moved to Lemmy and trying to find my way around. This helps!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Feel free if you have any questions!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Thanks! will do! getting used to Lemmy and finding stuff what i like ;) I am registered to lemmy.world, but can i also find posts on the other instances? I also need to oganise my subscriptions and the look and feel if you know what i mean ;)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, you can definitely see posts and communities from other instances.

[email protected] is a good place to discover active communities

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Thank you! this is (again) very helpful!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One thing I really like is that you can block whole instances. For example I don't care about anime so I blocked ani.social instead of having to block every comunity ralted to anime which will be hostet on ani.social anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

thanks for that! I didn't know that, very cool indeed!!!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Welcome new lemmings!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I found this post super useful! Thank you very much for sharing it!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Happy to help!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s a good way to ”half quit” your Reddit addiction also. :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I definitely feel it on Lemmy. I can walk away when I'm bored and rarely get trapped by my own custom mind control algorithm that Reddit had built for me.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Here is my version of the "I switched to lemmy" post, it got quite some traction: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/s/DHHl7jxcua

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

Yes, I referenced it in mine!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There has been traction in that subreddit? Like specifically about lemmy/alternatives? Interesting, and very well written post Blaze!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I shared a few posts on [email protected] about that sub recently, so I would say yes