What is Lemmy and how to get started? (Megathread)

Welcome to your new online home!

Whether you’ve just joined out of curiosity after the banning of the original r/TheDeprogram or you’ve decided to leave Reddit for good, I’m glad that you’re here and this megathread is for you!

Instead of having multiple comments across different posts, which might make it difficult to see, you can now ask your questions and post your feedback here.

• ELI5 What is Lemmy? What is Lemmygrad? What's the difference?
• What is Federation?
• Where can I read more about Lemmy and the Lemmyverse?
• Can I get a TLDR?

You sure can!

1. Choose an Instance (For Marxist/Leftist communities, I recommend one of the following 3. Each of these Instance explain their values and moderation policies):

• Lemmy.ml
• Lemmygrad.ml
• Hexbear.net

2. Sign up and personalize your profile
3. Choose how to browse (You can find a lot of options right here based on your preferences - you can use an app or an alternative front-end)
4. Find your favorite communities to subscribe to (Instead of subreddits, here we have communities!)
5. That’s it! You’re ready to interact with other lovely users and engage in the community

If you want to share your opinion after joining Lemmy, seek feedback on the best browsing apps, or discuss anything else, feel free to do so right here!