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Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.


Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

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(Reminder: if you have shared the original version in a public post with an old version up, replacing it with this one might be more helpful.)

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly. I chose to handwrite the text to avoid font copyright infringement.

Feel free to share this poster as you wish, especially on Reddit. All I ask is that you respect the license and don’t remove my socials at the bottom. If anyone’s addition is included, I’ll credit them, and if this gets added onto (or translated) by someone else later, they can add their info as well.

I hope someone can find it useful with the subreddit blackouts right around the corner.

I want to thank the Beehaw admins so much for their amazing work!

(Poster edited; I spotted a duplicated word, mrmanager@lemmy.today noted the lack of whitespace; current version is slightly larger and has been spaced out. You can still request the 800x2000 size, but know it is a little squished.)

(Edit 2: Removed defederation part as it’s not really required. The email analogy blackcoffee@beehaw.org suggested has been added, thanks!)

(Edit 3: Here’s another version making the interconnectivity a bit clearer and mentioning some cool-looking reader apps that have been suggested! Also made the image slightly longer for ease of viewing. I might do some small cosmetic changes tomorrow)

(Edit 4 is here with the date updated towards the bottom. This version contains a reminder to verify your email, lets people know why mlem isn’t showing up on App Store searches, and added fedia.io to Kbin instances. Some colors have been changed slightly to be more mobile friendly, as this is written and edited from a phone tablet. If you have a hard time reading this because of the changes, please let me know. Thank you all for the help and tips!)

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[–] r3nder@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

This is awesome, thank you for making this. Trying to get friends and family to move platform seems like such a daunting task and I wasn't sure how to put forward the information - feeling much better about it now.

[–] ghostalmedia@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great post. Mind if I repost on subreddits that are open during the blackout?

[–] unsunny@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely, that’s what it’s there for!

[–] ghostalmedia@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fantastic job. I wanted to do something similar this weekend, but life kind of got in the way and I was pretty bummed that I couldn’t get it out the door. It makes me really happy to see that someone had the same thought! There was a big need for something like this.

You’re a bad ass!

[–] aussie@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

first comment. it took me waaaaaay too long to realize I had to go all the way to the bottom to reply.

[–] rickcooker@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

join the same communities together

Let me make sure I have this right:

  • there are separate Lemmy instances
  • I can chat with other people from other instances (like email)

If I wanted to join the same communities as a friend, do I need to sign up for another instance or do communities 'live' on multiple instances? For instance, a community on 'cats.' If there is one on {instance1} and {instance2}. They aren't the same, right?

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[–] JesusTheCarpenter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Really well put together. Very succinct but with enough information to get people started.

I find that for not tech people trying to deal with such terms like fediverse, kbin, Lemmy, instance, protocol might be quite overwhelming and even off-putting. I am saying this because I used to do software development and still took me a bit to get my head around it.

[–] B4tid0@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Extremely useful & consice! Thanks for the work ~

[–] cfx_4188@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jerboa has a not very user-friendly interface. Maybe I'm not used to it, but the feed updates jerkily, everything works with a slight lag.

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[–] pivotraze@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You could mention that Fedia.io is an alternative to kbin.social, as kbin.social is starting to get overwhelmed.

[–] unsunny@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for letting me know!

[–] marsxyz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"You can use a mastodon account to use lemmy"

What do you mean?

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[–] PCChipsM922U@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly.

Why didn't you mention Jebora or the iOS app? People are into apps, makes things easier and quicker. For example, I never would have transfered to Lemmy if it wasn't for Jebora.

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[–] icanmakesound@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info! Been here for a few days but it can still be a little confusing.

[–] Dandylion@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you! Super helpful

[–] BlackCoffee@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Is the target group people who know what servers and/or instances are or not?

Otherwise I would go up one layer and put in the comparison more users have made about having an mailadres user1@gmail.com and being able to communicate with accounts who also have user1@yahoo.com etc.

It gives users who are not familiar an idea of the concept.

[–] Scoony@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

!support@beehaw.org

[–] fromnewradius@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

How can i collapse comments?

[–] Burrito@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you. I'm new to this sort of thing.

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