In the meantime we can try to be helpful when possible!

iphone@lemmy.ml

And if your instance needs to search for the full url still: https://lemmy.ml/c/iphone

Yeah, but we can help out in the meantime!

iphone@lemmy.ml

And if you need the full url for your instance’s search: https://lemmy.ml/c/iphone

I think most people would agree with the sentiment, but it’s probably a side effect of people being a bit lost.

If you can’t find the community or discussion where you could contribute more niche information, having the general reddit exodus topic at least lets you participate.

And I think that is the common thread of optimism. Even with the confusion and the jank, it still feels good to be somewhere welcoming and new.

I didn’t even notice your username and was just trying to be helpfully funny, not sarcastic 😅

back in my day there was only one thread with hundreds of comments. Kids these days have it easy.

reddthat.com

I rather like how total karma isn’t tracked. I wonder how other people feel though?

scrap the current https://join-lemmy.org/ we need a screenshot of this comment up there and nothing else NOW

AI Lurker Defense.scm

Yeah I’m right there with you. I probably made about 5 accounts not understanding why I couldn’t interact whenever I clicked certain links.

So now I’m trying to help others figure it out when I see a fellow lost redditor!

How federalization works can be a bit confusing. For me the biggest hurdle to get over was how the different instances - lemmy.ml and lemmy.world - are separate websites. They can connect and interact with each other because they’re federalized, but your account is only on lemmy.world.

Now for some magic!

Relative links for communities (subreddits) can work across instances:

• eg: [/c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml](/c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml)
• becomes: /c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

As long as your instance knows the community exists the links should work.

It’s a little jank. There is https://browse.feddit.de/ to help you find communities though!

Welcome!

I think just that is the confusing bit! Instances translate into separate reddits - as in completely different websites. Instance admins have as much power as reddit admins within the instance.

Communities are like subreddits, the main subdivision of an instance.

Where it gets confusing is you can subscribe to “subreddits” (read: communities) on other “reddit websites” (read: instances). It’s pretty cool but can take a second to wrap your head around!

The next layer of confusion comes from how everything also interacts with things like Mastodon, Kbin, Peertube, and any other ActivityPub project.

Hey it’s that guy who got 20 upvotes!

People know what they’re doing?

That’s very true! I don’t think it should be completely random but something instances could opt-in to or have some other opt-out criteria.

It would indeed be bad if an instance focused on a specific mindset, goals, or subject was essentially invaded by clueless new users!

I would give them a little benefit of the doubt. There were probably less than 50 Jerboa users last week and it was a slow hobby project.

With all this renewed interest there has already been a lot of fast progress and a massive update is coming out soon (I think). There’s a community for the app though if you want to see how development is going!

Jerboa@lemmy.ml

Sometimes understanding how to cross instances can still be a bit cumbersome though.

There is pretty cool support for relative links though! As long as your instance knows of a community, they’ll work.

• [gaming@beehaw.org](/c/gaming@beehaw.org)
• gaming@beehaw.org

And if your instance doesn’t know a certain instance exists, you just have to paste the url into your search bar to get it working: https://beehaw.org/c/gaming

I think that’s a pretty low stakes problem. I would wager it’s better to get people in the door so they can begin to understand what it even means to be on an instances that fits the vibe they’re looking for.

Even if ideally we could migrate, it’s always possible to just create an account elsewhere.