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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 discussions 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. {{Internal Link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}} users can also take part in Lemmy discussions and subscribe to lemmy communities. | Since it's part of the {{Internal Link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}} different Lemmy instances can communicate mainly with other Lemmy's intance. | ||
Lemmy doesn't support hashtags as Mastodon yet. Discoverability between fediverse app is limited. There is also some limitations, not tied to Lemmy, for example the markdown and picture aren't well supported by each other fediverse app. | |||
{{Internal Link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}} users can also take part in Lemmy discussions and subscribe to lemmy communities. | |||
== Further Reading == <!--T:6--> | == Further Reading == <!--T:6--> | ||
Revision as of 08:01, 7 February 2024
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| Website | join-lemmy.org |
| Official instance | lemmy.ml |
| List of instances | fediverse.observer |
| Mastodon account | @LemmyDev |
Lemmy is a link-aggregator and the Template:Internal Link's replacement for Reddit.
What does Lemmy feel like?
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.
Communities are similar to forum categories, so Lemmy can be used as a forum.
Since it's part of the Template:Internal Link different Lemmy instances can communicate mainly with other Lemmy's intance.
Lemmy doesn't support hashtags as Mastodon yet. Discoverability between fediverse app is limited. There is also some limitations, not tied to Lemmy, for example the markdown and picture aren't well supported by each other fediverse app.
Template:Internal Link users can also take part in Lemmy discussions and subscribe to lemmy communities.
Further Reading
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