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Hello,

As everybody knows, content discovery on Lemmy can sometimes be a bit tricky.

To help smaller communities to get more activity, I launch this thread for people to promote the communities they are active one.

One important criteria: please only promote communities that have been at least one post in the last 7 days. And if there is none, feel free to post there and then promote it here!

This could be a weekly thread, but let's see how it goes

Finally, !newcommunities@lemmy.world and !communitypromo@lemmy.ca are communities that you can subscribe to to see updates about communities

Perhaps after some amount of time having announced themselves over in !newcommunities@lemmy.world and !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, or...I don't know if there are communities for instances (the fediverse communities, presumably?), but likewise for them?

The combination of a promotional space and discussion for helping grow communities/instances could help ensure there's always some activity keeping this community visible to those seeking help.

Copying over the guide from !communityPromo@lemmy.ca so it's more accessible here

🙌 Communities for discovering new communities

🌐 Instances to look through

🔎 Search Engines

🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions

👽 Coming from Reddit?

There are a lot of different apps / frontends that can show stuff from Lemmy, and they vary in how well they support different link formats. Here is a short explainer:

Each entry below shows you what you should type (like this) and what you will see as a result (after the dash '-').

For each entry, some apps will support it and others will not. It can be helpful to include a few different link formats so that everyone can use the link easily.

NOTE: There is a bug on the Lemmy website right now. If you start typing a community or username, it will try to autocomplete it. DO NOT click that autocomplete, or it will mess up the link.

[!community@example.com](/c/community@example.com) - !community@example.com

• This is the universal format. If you click this link, the community will open in your home instance.
• This is the recommended method.
• If you are coming from Reddit, it is similar to how you could type /r/askReddit

[you can put whatever here](/c/community@example.com) - you can put whatever here

• This is another way to make a universal link. If you click this link, the community will open in your home instance.
• This works well if you can't use the method above. For example, if you want to stick a link in a shields.io badge, you can use this technique to still include a universal link.

example.com/c/community - https://example.com/c/community

• This is a hardcoded link. This is what you can copy and paste from the browser. If you click this link, the community will open on a specific instance. Anyone using a different instance (ex. anything except lemmy.ca in this case) will not be able to subscribe right away, and they will need to redirect it first.
• Sometimes you can't use the methods above. For example, if you want to create a nice thumbnail while promoting your community on !communityPromo@lemmy.ca, you will need to use this URL.
• If you use this method, try to use the other methods as well so people have options.

https://lemmyverse.link/c/community@example.com

• You can also use this external tool to automatically redirect users. Once the user clicks on the link, they will be redirected to the instance that they set. This can be great for new users that click on the link, who may not understand what is happening or how the instances work.
• This also works for posts, but I will write up a separate post for those

I'm noticing an influx of Reddit users today, maybe revolving around their weird bug they had today. I know this question pops up semi regularly, but for those just getting their foot in the door maybe we can help show them what else is out here on the Fediverse to help them get started.

I'll kick us off, to any newcomers, I help run the following communities, and we'd welcome you to any of them. (Shameless self promotion I know, but I hope more people join in sharing theirs as well)

• !satisfactory@lemmy.world (https://lemmy.world/c/satisfactory)

  • A community based around the factory building game, Satisfactory

• !taylorswift@poptalk.scrubbles.tech (https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/c/taylorswift)

  • A community for all Swifties, in our Lemmy era

• !popheads@poptalk.scrubbles.tech (https://poptalk.scrubbles.tech/c/popheads)

  • A community for all things pop music

For help and support, taken right from the sidebar of AskLemmy here

• !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca (https://lemmy.ca/c/newtolemmy)

  • Thanks to @otter@lemmyca for this one, help and guides for folks new to Lemmy

• !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml (https://lemmy.ml/c/lemmy_support)

  • Community for asking questions about how to use Lemmy, troubleshooting, etc

• !fediverse@lemmy.ml (https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse)

  • Community revolving around the fediverse, how it operates, new applications, and items that may be above just Lemmy.

An important one to kick off, we do have an entire community just for this over at !communitypromo@lemmy.ca (https://lemmy.ca/c/communitypromo) for a more long-running conversation

For new users, I hope you find some communities that you enjoy! For current users, share your favorite communities that new folks may be interested in! (Please use both the !@_ notation and give a link, to help our new fediverse people out in learning how it works)

Please report and/or remove this post if you feel this post doesn’t belong in the community :)

The intent of this post is to provide a link to the promo post, so community members can add additional details about the community, as well as an explanation for where new users may be coming from.

Here is a link to the post: https://lemmy.ca/post/8268326

Here are links to the community, so you can find the post on your home instance:

!communitypromo@lemmy.ca

https://lemmy.ca/c/communitypromo

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/6069199

Universal Link: !whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

Direct link: https://lemmy.world/c/whatisthisthing

Sidebar:

Let us help you identify that mysterious object you’ve found.

Currently in CHALLENGE mode: If you’ve got something obscure knocking about, post a picture, and let’s see how we do. Please prefix such posts with “CHALLENGE:” so we know we’ve got a fighting chance.

I'll also make a cross post in the community being promoted, as a way to bring the community up in people's feeds and also let people know about !communitypromo@lemmy.ca

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/5576046

Link: !communitypromo@lemmy.ca

It's now under new moderation, and we should be more active moving forward. Since a lot of the community recommendation spaces aren't as active anymore, hopefully this space can get things going again.

Come share your communities, from whatever platform you are using!

You can also check out the updated list of community discovery resources here: https://lemmy.ca/post/5581032, or by checking the pinned post.

Cheers :)

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/86720

Created as a sticky post for my community. !lemmytips@discuss.tchncs.de

📄 Documentation, guides and FAQs:

• Official detailed documentation
• Quick start (ELI5 type) guide to Lemmy and Kbin by @unsunny@beehaw.org
• Basic information and new user guide by @ruud@lemmy.world
• Beginner guide / FAQ by @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
• Lemmy FAQ / guide by @sunaurus@lemm.ee
• Beginner's Guide for Redditors

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📱 Mobile apps:

App Name	Platform	OS	Stage	Community Link	Code Link
Artemis (Kmoon)	Kbin, Lemmy (Upcoming)	Android, IOS	Private Beta (Starts end of June)	Kbin.social	Soon
Beyond	Lemmy	Android, IOS	In Progress
Connect	Lemmy	Android	Google Play	Beehaw post
Jerboa	Lemmy	Android	Google Play, F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid	lemmy.ml	Github
Lemmynade (Lemmur fork)	Lemmy	Android, IOS	In development	Bigfoot Ninja	Github
Limbo	Lemmy	IOS	Testflight	lemmy.world	Soon
Memmy	Lemmy	Android, IOS	Testflight	lemmy.world	Github
Mlem	Lemmy	IOS	Beta, removed from Testflight, lead dev stepped down	lemmy.world	Github
Morpha	Lemmy	Android, IOS	No releases yet	vlemmy.net	Gitlab
Slide	Lemmy	Android	Under development	Post on lemmy.world	Github
Summit	Lemmy	Android	Google Play, F-Droid, IzzyOnDroid	lemmy.world
Sync	Lemmy	Android	Research. Patreon	lemmy.world
Thunder	Lemmy	Android, IOS	Testflight & IzzySoft	lemmy.world	Github
wefwef	Lemmy	WebApp	Alpha	lemmy.world	Github

Data taken from the google spreadsheet (by @d00phy@lemmy.world)

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🌐 Useful sites:

Instance and community explorers:

• join-lemmy.org/instances - Official instance list (by Lemmy)
• Awesome Lemmy Instances - Comparison of Lemmy instances (by @maltfield@lemmy.ml)
• browse.feddit.de - Community browser (by feddit.de)
• lemmyverse.net - Instances and community browser (by @tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net)
• browse.toast.ooo - Community browser (by @grant@toast.ooo)
• lemmies.blue42.net - Directory of Lemmy instances and communities (by @Idrinkwatertoo@lemmy.world)
• sub.rehab - Site that trackes where Reddit communities migrated to

Stats:

• lemmy.fediverse.observer - Stats, maps, graphs for Lemmy
• the-federation.info - Stats and charts for Lemmy and individual instances
• fedidb.org - Detailed stats and info about Lemmy and instances

Search engines:

• fedi-search.com - Search the most popular instances of Kbin and Lemmy (by @TenorTheHusky@kbin.social)

Miscellaneous:

• lemmymap.feddit.de - Federation map (by feddit.de)

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🎨 Custom CSS Themes / UI Tweaks for Lemmy:

Best place for finding CSS styles: userstyles.world

Some by Lemmy community:

• https://lemmy.world/post/100974
• https://sh.itjust.works/post/53395
• https://beehaw.org/post/528075
• https://sh.itjust.works/post/96376

Place to find more: !plugins@sh.itjust.works | Fetch

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🌍 Useful communities:

Links should open in your local instance. If you get couldnt_find_community, click Fetch first.

About Lemmy:

• !announcements@lemmy.ml | Fetch - Lemmy announcements
• !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml | Fetch - Support / questions about Lemmy.

Promote(new) communities:

• !newcommunities@lemmy.world | Fetch - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
• !wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca | Fetch - An aid to new Community discovery. Find an interesting new Lemmy/Kbin etc. community? Post about it here for fame and fortune (fame and fortune not guaranteed)
• !communitypromo@lemmy.ca | Fetch - Promote your fav community here.
• !findacommunity@lemmy.ml | Fetch - A community to find other communities in any of the Lemmy instances.

Miscellaneous:

• !plugins@sh.itjust.works | Fetch - A general repository for user scripts and plugins used to enhance the Lemmy browsing experience.

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Suggestions are welcome.

So you signed up on one of many Lemmy instances, and now you want to start joining communities you are interested in.

There are a few ways to do so...

Using the Communities page:

The most obvious one... Communities link at the top of the page.
Once you are on the Communities page, you will see 3 tabs:

• Subscribed - obvious enough
• Local - communities that are made on your instance
• All - a bit misleading because these are not actually all communities, but rather all communities that have been fetched by your instance so far.

Browsing the front page:

More specifically, browsing the front page with the filter set to All (Subscribed | Local | All)
If you are on a fairly popular instance, you will most likely run into posts from all kinds of new communities as other people from your instance fetch them.

Using the community browsers:

These websites index communities across all instances, and you can use them to search for remote communities.

• browse.feddit.de
• lemmyverse.net
• browse.toast.ooo

In order to subscribe to or even see remote communities (communities hosted on other instances), they have to be fetched by your instance.

How to fetch them:

• Copy the link to the community you want to fetch.
• Go to the Communities page on your instance and set the filter to All.
• Paste the link in the search field and click the Search button.
• When the text saying "No results" under the Search button disappears, that means that the community has been successfully fetched by your instance (it can take a bit longer to fetch it, especially if the instance is overloaded).
• That's it! Now you can delete the URL from the search field and find the community by its name.

Browsing the communities that promote new communities:

There are a few different communities that you can use to find new and interesting ones.
Some of them:

• !newcommunities@lemmy.world
• !wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca
• !communitypromo@lemmy.ca
• !findacommunity@lemmy.ml

Browsing Kbin magazines (communities):

Process of subscribing to Kbin magazines is the same as subscribing to remote Lemmy communities.
If you go to https://kbin.social/magazines (or any other kbin instance and add /magazines at the end), you can browse and search for magazines.
To subscribe to one of them, follow the "How to fetch them" instruction from above.