Reddit is starting to suck more and more everyday so here I am. A couple of questions -
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I created my account at lemmy.ca, but most people I have seen have lemmy.world accounts. Am I missing out on anything by not having a lemmy.world account?
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Reddit has an offical subreddit for Reddit news. Does Lemmy have any offical communities?
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On Reddit, you can’t post on some subreddits if you do not have enough karma or if your account is not old enough. Are there any rules like that on Lemmy?
Thank you!
Welcome to Lemmy. I see most people answered your questions but just so you’re aware, the only reason world has as many users as it does is because it was basically the only instance that didn’t close it’s signups durring the first reddit exodus and that also had enough resources to handle the massive influx of users without completely breaking. Most people didn’t pick world for any reason other than it was the only instance they could sign up for at the time. Joining any other instance is better because a more diverse fediverse is a healthier fediverse.
The reason I started an account on Lemmy.World vs sh.itjust.works, is because there was no way I was gonna tell my parents/friends/others that I saw something on ‘shit just works.’
You could just say that you saw something on Lemmy regardless of the instance.
Yeah… I guess for me, it seemed weird to say that I saw/read something on Lemmy, as it’s similar to saying I read something on Wiki. They’re both frameworks for a kind of website. And not really narrowing down to the website you were actually on.
With federation, thinking of them as websites in the traditional sense doesn’t really fit. By saying “on Lemmy” you’re narrowing it down to the platform you viewed it from which is actually more specific than necessary.