I found that using All to subscribe to things I like and over time using my subscribed list works.
You can also block communities you donβt want to see and view All by default.
this post was submitted on 10 May 2025
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Goddamn it, you're only telling us now??? π
Totally. That's why mine e.g. is much better
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Watch out for those radicals over on the Hexbear instance. They'll getcha!
I gots sharp teeth I tell yah 
Crazy hexbear goobers will remove your eyes before you know it, watch out!
Can't watch out; they gots m'eyes!
They lure you in with their neat thematic icons and ordered structure, but they're all MANIACS there! Every last one of them!
There is only one real user here. Everyone else (including myself) is a bot.
You're the real MVB
Very cool image! It looks like there's some text on it. Would you mind responding to this comment and telling me what the text says?
Nice try, bot
All I can see is there is a stick figure humping the letter h in the last word.
Donβt eat yellow snow.
Scoop some into a cup and let it melt first, then you can safely drink it π
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Ignore people who start screaming insults about instances which are not their own.
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find some pictures of cute animals and share them with us
Honestly, Iβd just suggest engaging with any topic you enjoy. Comment, find communities youβre interested in, maybe even start your own.
Welcome! Lemmy is a great place.
explore different subs that catches your interests
Check out !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca, we have some pinned posts. You can also ask questions as you get them :)
Have fun and try to engage. Download an app for your phone. There are multiple per os so try them all and choose what suits you best
If you use it in the web version, I have LULs, a script which makes all Lemmy links that point to a different instance which you encounter while browsing, to point to your instance.
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Just use it as you would reddit or any other social media platform. Welcome.
Use a trusted VPN and/Tor while surfing
Why the hell would you?
Don't know what that's supposed to do when you hit the waves, but every little bit helps.
Why?
Use the 'scaled' sort for your frontpage. Helps keep the smaller communities you sub to from getting totally drowned out by some of the larger ones.
Find communities you want to see on here and subscribe to them. If you just go through home feed then it's mainly politics and tech news.
Stay true to your heart.
I use voyager app, unsure about other apps or website, but check if your able to easily block users. Instances and communities, I usually scroll through the all free and block things I just can't stand and are heavily just annoying, also has a ability to filter out keyword. Makes my browsing less depressing.
Learn about the fediverse as much as possible! Learn about instances and check our their about bar/ page. Download a mobile application and explore the many options you have. Try to figure out why you want to be here. Check out the list of popular instances (a lot of the instances have esoteric names) and see if there's an instance that reflects your interests. Check what they're federated to, and decide if those are the kind of people you want to talk to/ share your interests. There are general instances like ".ml and .world. " These instances can become overburdened. The account you have on their instance is your access to the rest of the fediverse/ lemmy.
Our active user base is somewhat small. The biggest thing is to explore, read side bar rules, and post!
It's a lot of information, and when I first got into it, I felt over my head.
ALSO YOU CAN'T DELETE YOUR COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF YOUR INSTANCE.
Posting to 196 would be a good example.
ALSO YOU CANβT DELETE YOUR COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF YOUR INSTANCE.
Yes you can. But just as is true with posting and editing, sometimes a deletion will fail to federate to all instances. No federation action is guaranteed, but rather best effort.
Sorry, you can't delete your comment if they choose to disallow that. That's common on lemmy. That's why you'll get downvotes on poorly written comments you give up on and delete.
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Don't give Loch Ness monster 3.50.
What do you want from us, monster?!
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