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{{Infobox |title=Lemmy |website=join-lemmy.org |instance=lemmy.ml |mastohandle=@LemmyDev |mastoinstance=mastodon.social}}
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{{Infobox |title=Lemmy |website=join-lemmy.org |instance=lemmy.ml |mastohandle=@LemmyDev |mastoinstance=mastodon.social}}
Lemmy is a link-aggregator and the {{Internal link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}}'s replacement for Reddit.
Lemmy is a link-aggregator and the {{Internal Link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}}'s replacement for Reddit.


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Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs or Hacker News: You subscribe to communities that you're interested in, post links and discussions and vote and comment on them. <br>
Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs or Hacker News: You subscribe to communities that you're interested in, post links and vote and comment on them. <br>
Communities are similar to forum categories, so Lemmy can be used as a forum. <br>
Communities are similar to forum categories, so Lemmy can be used as a forum. <br>
Since it's part of the {{Internal Link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}} different Lemmy instances can communicate with each other and to some degree, with the rest of the Fediverse, but discoverability between Lemmy and other parts of the Fediverse is limited.
Since its part of the {{Internal link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}} different Lemmy instances can communicate with each other and to some degree, with the rest of the Fediverse, but discoverability between Lemmy and other parts of the Fediverse is limited. Also Lemmy uses Markdown and pictures in a way, that other parts of the Fediverse have trouble displaying.


{{Internal Link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}} users can take part in Lemmy discussions and subscribe to Lemmy communities. Lemmy doesn't support hashtags as Mastodon yet.
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Also Lemmy uses Markdown and pictures in a way, that other parts of the Fediverse have trouble displaying.
 
== Lemmy and the Fediverse ==


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=== Mastodon ===
=== Mastodon ===
{{Internal link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}} users can take part in Lemmy discussions and subscribe to Lemmy communities. To post in a Lemmy community simply mention the Lemmy community (@LemmyCommunity@LemmyInstance.tdl) in a Mastodon post.<br>
The first paragraph of the Mastodon post will display in Lemmy as the title, the rest will be the text body. Hashtags won't be displayed in Lemmy.


Mastodon users can post in a Lemmy community. Go to Mastodon, create a post and follow that form:
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<nowiki>The first paragraph will be the title in Lemmy
 
The second paragraph will be the body of your post. You can add some hashtags but they will only be displayed on Mastodon as Lemmy doesn't support them.
 
Once done, mention the Lemmy community you want to post in. @LemmyCommunity@LemmyInstance.tdl
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Here is the list of functions supported between Mastodon and Lemmy :
Here is the list of functions supported between Mastodon and Lemmy :


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!Hashtags
!Hashtags
!Pictures
!Pictures
!Picture alt text
!Alt text
!Videos
!Videos
!NSFW
!NSFW
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!Mentions
!Mentions
!Comments
!Comments
!Cross-posting from Mastodon to Lemmy
!Post (re)editing
!Cross-posts from Mastodon to Lemmy
!private messages
!Boosts
!Boosts
!Likes
!Likes
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(1) : The image won't display, use link instead.
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* (1) : The alt text isn't displayed on Lemmy. We recommend you to write it in the post or comment.
* (2) : You will have to share the content of post then add a mention to the lemmy community.


== Further Reading == <!--T:6-->
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{{Getting started links}}
{{Internal Link |target=How do I get an account? |link-name=How do I get an account?}} <br>
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{{Internal Link |target=Getting started with your Fediverse account |link-name=Getting started with your Fediverse account}} <br>
{{Internal Link |target=Apps |link-name=Apps}} <br>
{{Internal Link |target=Best practices |link-name=Best practices}}


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