Hello World!

The last week or so we have seen quite a big ‘boost’ in the amount of new users signing up so we thought it would be a good time to highlight some things that are of interest to new users.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Lemmy World is not a free speech instance, there are a couple of ground rules that need to be followed. If you’re new, I would advise you to read our Code of Conduct.

NEW USER QUESTIONS

If you are new to the fediverse as a whole, it might all be a bit overwhelming. What is Lemmy? What is federation? What even is an instance? For those questions I would suggest you have a look at the getting starting guide. It should cover most of your questions.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

You can head over to the !support@lemmy.world community. This community should be used for questions regarding Lemmy World and is not the support community for the Lemmy software this site uses.

Our Admin @quinten recently made a post covering the most recurring questions there too. Read about that here.

ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACES

Lemmy World hosts a few custom User Interfaces which give you a completely different experience both on the desktop as on mobile.

THIRD PARTY APPS

There are a lot of Third Party apps available for Lemmy. From Paid to Open Source, you will find something that suits you easily.

For a complete list of apps have a look at https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ (Thanks Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de).

EDIT: Updated the apps list. Also some more interesting links in @otter@lemmy.ca’s post here: https://lemmy.world/comment/3962001

EDIT 2: Instead of https://photon.lemmy.world you can now just go to https://p.lemmy.world. You can thank @Rootiest@lemmy.world laziness for that.

  • @Assassin4@lemmy.world
    75•1 year ago

    Any particular cause for this latest boost of new users? I came here when the API ban happened and am much happier with Lemmy. So welcome to everyone!

      • @Synnr@sopuli.xyz
        51•1 year ago

        Also, Relay Pro was the only allowed 3rd party app, and they just released an update that requires you to pay for API usage, with no way to bypass or exit the pay screen. So that was the last of my last reddit usage. Uninstalled.

        • @Dave@lemmy.nz
          23•1 year ago

          I’m assuming that means the reddit grace period is over. A small number of apps negotiated continued free access to the APIs to give time to move to a subscription model. Looks like that time is up.

          • HEISENBERG
            17•1 year ago

            Correct, it got an update today and now it’s asking to subscribe. 1€ is “about half an hour of browsing every day”. How about fuck you Reddit

          • edric
            3•1 year ago

            The new version of Narwhal is beautiful, I wish they’d develop it for Lemmy too.

        • @Markaos@lemmy.one
          7•1 year ago

          Infinity did pretty much the same thing a few weeks ago. Now I’m a happy Eternity (previously Infinity for Lemmy) user.

        • Ataraxia
          1•1 year ago

          I mean redreader will always be exempt so there’s that.

        • Draconic NEO
          1•1 year ago

          Have you tried patching the app? I was able to do it with Infinity and it worked just fine.

    • @willya@lemmyf.ukEnglish
      57•1 year ago

      The boost believe it or not came from the launch of Boost for Lemmy which was a popular Reddit client.

    • @IbnLemmy@lemmy.world
      46•1 year ago

      Another reason could be that this week, Relay for Reddit start charging… Or should I say, Reddit started charging Relay… Anyway… First post and all that… Hi

    • @Crack_@lemmy.world
      31•1 year ago

      I just left today because relay went into subscription mode. It’s nothing against dbrady I know he does his best (made the best app for Android afaik, and even his subscription isn’t a money grab) but fuck reddit charging people for using their social media. Don’t want snap insta tic tok Facebook twitter etc… to start charging us.

      Fuck that shit. I’m old and I remember what the internet used to be. I’m having a hard time accepting everything becoming a fucking subscription (looking at you YouTube).

      Also, I’m using boost for Lemmy and I quite like it. If anyone can suggest anything else/better to try I’d be grateful.

      Edit: this is my first comment 🥳🥳🥳

      • @Veltoss@lemmy.world
        8•1 year ago

        Same. I didn’t care for relay compared to RiF, not my preference, but it was good enough after RiF died. But now that relay is out too? I’m not sure I can stomach using the reddit app. I’m definitely not paying for anything either. I already pay with my mental health by reading reddit comments, I’m not paying money to do it too.

      • @NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world
        1•1 year ago

        Welcome! Former long time Relay user, but I left reddit in June. For what it’s worth, I like Thunder and Connect. They are both open source and add free (no offense to ad supported apps). Just thought you might like to know what a fellow Relay user settles on after months of trying them all out.

      • @BigBase@lemmy.world
        1•1 year ago

        Same, relays fine but sync was my main app they ceased their reddit app in june. Just realized they had a spiritual successor for Lemmy up and running so I’m giving it a try now. All the server stuff got me feeling like a boomer but the app actually feels like I remember sync for reddit feeling so I’m hoping I can get into the swing of things without too much trouble!

    • Blaster M
      4•1 year ago

      Relay Pro had to move to a Subscription model for 10/01, as API costs are now being enforced. Both that and the SafetyNet requirement means those of us on custom android phones can’t use any premium Reddit app, so RIP.