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.

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

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.

Hey it’s that guy who got 20 upvotes!

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

It felt a bit off at first to not have the top comments all be the ones with the most votes, but I like how it works on lemmy after spending time here.

You can join an old thread and not feel like it’s pointless to add to the discussion!

Lemmings

It’s not exactly obvious how to make them, so here’s a more clickable link for all instances: amateur_radio