I have just joined lemmy. What should I do next?

Go to the communities page for your instance, set it to all, and scroll through the first several pages adding anything that sounds interesting. Don't worry if there are duplicates, sub them all. The search for any favorite topics and add those communities, too. Then browse by subscribed»new going forward.

You can also check out !newcommunities@lemmy.world for communities still getting off the ground.

Oh! And when linking, do it like I did above; this link works no matter what instance you're on.

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Thanks

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- Also check https://lemmyverse.net to see list of all known communities. If you click the home icon, you can set your instance (which is lemmy.world for you) and all the communities will open on your instance correctly. All the instance things might be confusing at first, but you'll grasp it soon enough, no need to worry about that.
  
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Whatever you do, don't hold your poop for three days

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Is this a future Lemmy museum story?

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- Future?
  
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I would think that holding your poop for any amount of time would be no good. I usually deposit mine directly into a convenient flushable porcelain receptacle, no extra handling required

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- Yeah, I try not to touch poop at all, this guy is holding it for days!
  
  What a weirdo!
  
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- No one is gonna ask the important questions around here? I'll give it a whirl: Is extra handling optional?
  
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- Flushable?
  
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Select "All" instead of "Local", sort by "Top 12 Hour", and enjoy.

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This and keep subscribing to anything that interests you

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This is the way.

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Post nudes

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Is this what you want? Sorry, I'm dyslexic

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- Sorry, let me rephrase that:
  
  duNes stoP
  
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Search for communities that interest you! It's just like Reddit, once you curate your own experience you'll enjoy it :) check out my list of casual/fun communities on Lemmy, or browse Lemmyverse for a list of all of them.

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EEEEE!!! Both of my communities made your list!!!!! Thank you!! (It's beebutts and awwnverts).

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How do you search? I'm on sync and don't know how to look for things on purpose

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- Sync has search but it's a bit limited. Use Lemmyverse instead :)
  
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Join lemmynsfw.com right now

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Thanks, spez?

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- Lol
  
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If you are using your phone, get one of the mobile apps (Voyager, Liftoff, Infinite, Connect or Sync for Lemmy) and then use it just as with reddit. You already have created your account, thus chosen your instance, which is the biggest 'This is different' topic.

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heh, hem! Jerboa

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- Ok so I know Jerboa has it's fans, and I'm sure I'm going to get downvoted for this. But.
  
  In my opinion, Jerboa has the worst interface of all of the lemmy apps that are out, and should not be promoted to new users.
  
  I said it. Bring on the downvotes. It hurts because in your hearts you also know it is true.
  
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Post the first thing that comes to your mind in !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world. Oh, wait...

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Search https://lemmyverse.net/communities for any communities you may be interested in. Many of them have the same or similar names to reddit subs. Also, subscribe to !newcommunities@lemmy.world. Once you have a few, flip your feed over to “subscribed” and browse your custom feed. Occasionally pop back into All to see if there are any other good ones you may have missed.

If you hate the web version of lemmy like I do, check out the mobile apps, which tend to have a more reddit-like design.

And once you’ve done all that, the only thing left to do it shitpost.

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Make a cup of tea

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Grab some water and stay hydrated.

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Bake a cake

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And post it ona food community. If anyone figures out how to join one, that would be a great next step.

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On your homepage, you have some options at the top for what to display.

The first option is Subscribed/Local/All. The default is Local - change it to either Subscribed (If you like subscribing to communities) or All (If you prefer to just see everything). Keeping it on "Local" is a pretty poor way to use Lemmy - it'll only show you posts from lemmy.world and never from any of the other Lemmy instances. This goes for when you're searching for communities too - make sure you set the search to "All" and not "Local".

The second option is how to sort - with the default being "Active". "Active" is a bit too slow to update for most people's taste - you might find you like "Hot" a lot more. You can set the default for both of these options to whatever you want on your settings page.

When browsing, if you find a certain community (subreddit) consistently puts posts in your feed that you don't like, there's a handy button to block that community if you go to it, in the top right.

Past that, just do your best to be active - more active than you may have been on reddit, because Lemmy is a lot smaller. Upvote posts you like, comment on posts where you have something to add, and post things you find elsewhere.

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Next step is to join !lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world and !memes@lemmy.ml , you'll then quickly get the hang of it.

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Lol those were among the first communities I blocked

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- Same, ha ha! But it's about personalising the experience to what the user is interested in to my mind
  
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Why join them if they both jump to c/All all the time?

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- Because eventually you'll want to stop browsing c/all after you find enough of your preferred content.
  
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- I rarely browse by c/All. A curated experience is better than a mishmash of everything imo.
  
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Use old.lemmy.world

And download an app like liftoff to make viewing easier.

Go to all on the app, find your interests and subscribe to them. Then filter by subscriptions, so you don't see a ton of stuff you don't want to see.

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I go the other way and hide the communities I don't want to see (e.g., I'm not into yiff). I do subscribe to ones I want to see, too, but mostly I view all with some filtered out. New communities are being developed every day and I might miss some with the subscribe method.

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- That's not a bad idea!
  
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There's a bunch of different looks to try, personally a.lemmy.world has been my favorite so far.

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- O damn, I didn't even know this! That's awesome, is there a list to check out? I probably will stick with old.lemmy.world, but that's cool that there are other layouts/looks.
  
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First I tried a few mobile apps, sticking with Sync for Lemmy for now.

I also went to Sub.rehab, filtered by highest active users and subscribed to the communities I was interested in. Then subscribed to a few I was interested in even if it has a low amount of users.

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https://lemmy.world/post/37906

https://lemm.ee/post/37715

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Have a nice sit down.

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Find and join a few communities you like....

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Try to find funny posts, although that might be somewhat of a challenge.

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If you download Voyager you can import your reddit communities to find like communities in lemmy.

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Blame capitalism for all of your woes like a real "I am smart" edge lord. You'll fit right in, lol.

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go here: https://redact.dev/

pick your instance in settings (the gear) then all links will open in your instance and you’ll be able to subscribe in one click. the site is sortable and filterable - highly recommended

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Is that the right link?

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- Seems to be a site for deleting social media profiles, so I have the same question.
  
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- https://sub.rehab/
  
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woooops wrong link i’m sorry - https://sub.rehab/

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you got my hopes high.. but the link point to other stuff.

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- https://sub.rehab/
  
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