I am but a cog in a machine. A lazy one though.
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Was kinds hoping to see more of the bar :(
In case anyone wants to know the beer can brand, It’s “Sandels”
6·1 day agoYeah… I understand that we need to spread out more but honestly I think join-lemmy.org should not be the first stop for someone new to lemmy seeing the results you are getting. I agree with you Blaze, point them directly to an instance or an app.
Found this pretty cool that on the voyager for lemmy test web app you can specify the local feed of an instance: https://vger.app/posts/lemm.ee/local - although not sure if that is the best way to “market” lemmy, the local feed of lemm.ee actually looked nice.
Ah this that is a pity, but hope they can fix it soon. Lemmy devs have recently added a lot of neat things and hope this is on their todo.
That is interesting, I didn’t know that about modern reddit.
And I agree I hope that we do get something like that. I’ve been thinking for a while that merging https://lemmyverse.net/communities with instance specific account creation would be really cool, but it has just been a passing thought without much further thinking. I always recommend that link to new people on lemmy (also put it on my account description). But sadly it doesn’t have recommendations based on interests / geolocation, Although it does let you filter accessible communities based on your instance, but it could possible also have a tool “choose an instance for me based on my location / interests”.
Some personal thoughts:
about the content when you first open lemmy: I joined reddit some time around 2015 and it was not exactly the most welcoming experience with the type of content you see by default either. Still, I had seen smaller communities with cool content and I joined anyway and just learned to use it enough to tailor my feed. Lemmy becomes much nicer after awhile of hanging out and discovering new and cool communities!
In my personal opinion the “Link to specific instances and apps rather than just saying Lemmy” part is the most important. Fediverse IS confusing when you check it out the first time. It took me awhile to make an account because people kept telling to choose an instance that fits you. I know it sounds stupid but it really kept me away from making an account for awhile.
I instance-hopped a couple of times because I joined smaller instances (the recommendation everyone gives you) that then disappeared / were abandoned by the admin. That was not a very nice experience. I know lemmy.world is too big, but honestly it is a very easy and nice starting point to lemmyverse (so is sopuli!).
Also: really appreciate the effort you are putting into growing lemmy, Blaze!
Do we all just turn into ghost beans when we die?
Be aware, there are ways to use the dark arcane magic of the shadow trees and you can even attach shadow to a
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4·1 day agoVery Finland centric, but the national broadcasting company of Finland is pretty good and has news in English: https://yle.fi/news
Fingers crossed! I live in a German speaking country but unfortunately my German is limited to expressing my frustration in the grocery store :D
I also volunteer as a mod if there is a need for another.
I’m a Finn who currently is living in another EU country and have been increasingly replacing and searching for european alternatives to products / services.
17·2 days agoWish I could help, but I’m not in UK. Nevertheless, I believe in you and keeping my fingers crossed that you find a job quickly.
Good post to share !buyeuropean@feddit.uk so it grows!