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How would you explain to a new user how Lemmy works? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by maniac to c/[email protected]

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I plan on making two videos, one where I explain how Lemmy works and then how to post in a community. I'm going to do my own research but is there any points you want to give to a new user?

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[–] Gamera8ID 1 points 1 year ago

I found the fediverse confusing and found it helpful when /u/[email protected] explained the the relationship between Lemmy, Kbin, Mastadon, etc. to me as:

Imagine a world where Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit weren’t all competitors and users could easily see and interact with any content using their own preferred home interface. That’s happening in the fediverse.