Now Lemmy Explain: Simple Explanation for Complex Topics

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Inspired by r/eli5 and Casually Explained.

Now Lemmy Explain: Starting the "Now Lemmy Explain" community.

I've always felt like the name "Explain Like I'm 5" is patronizing (yes, I know, it's from an Office joke). I want to see a community that's better and more entertaining to read than how it was on reddit.

Now Lemmy Explain: The Rules:

All post title must start with "Now Lemmy Explain: "
All topics are allowed (within reason) but try to avoid ones that will start a flame war.
Keep your explanation concise and entertaining. Remember though, comedy is subjective.
Be excellent to one another, and have fun.
If you see someone else do a great job explaining a particular topic, you are encouraged to cross-post it here, but be sure to credit the original poster for their contributions.

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Welcome all new users and Reddit refugees! [PARTNERED POST] (self.nowlemmyexplain)

submitted 1 year ago by MargotRobbie to c/nowlemmyexplain

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/853004

Hello there, and welcome to the Fediverse! Let's get you started.

This post was created together with many users, intended to help you have an easy start! It has a simple language, and it includes many useful links.

For your first day here

Hello, newbie user! Lemmy is just like Reddit, but better. Ha-ha. Seriously. But let's not overwhelm you for now.

This very neat starting guide was written by our beloved admin, @ruud. To avoid confusion, start reading it from the Quick start guide section.

If you're new to Lemmy, this post will also help you perfectly.

kbin users can check out this amazing starting guide instead. This is also a nice guide.

Finding Communities on Lemmy/kBin

If you finished reading your starting guide, it's time to go find your new favorite communities! Check out these dedicated services: number 1, 2, 3, and 4, and 5! Go have some fun! :D

For your second day here

Hello again! You're less of a newbie now, and you found some amazing communities! We can start talking about the Fediverse. I hope you didn't forget to read the rules for lemmy.world!

kBin.social's rules are in this link.

The Fediverse

You must've realised that we addressed Lemmy and kBin users differently. And what is this Fediverse people keep talking about, anyways?

Lemmy and kBin are two different platforms, and they can perfectly interact with each other! This means that they are a part of the federation. And they are only two members of the vast Fediverse.

What is the Fediverse? video by Framasoft to get a good understanding with visuals!

As a great lemming once said: Fediverse is basically like a group chat, but for websites. This means that federated websites all agree to share their content with each other, constantly, at the same time.

Follow this link to view a list of all Lemmy instances.

Follow this link to open the Fediverse Observer. It is set to show kBin, but you can navigate your way through the site to show any Fediverse platform you'd like.

For your third day here

That's it! What else do you want? Go have some fun and keep learning along the way! ;)

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[–] Moohamin12 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here is a tip.

I have been using Lemmy for like 2 weeks.

Connect for Lemmy or Thunder or Liftoff, all three apps are pretty great in the mobile experience. Much better than Jerboa from my experience.
(This was a game-changer for me today). After 2 weeks on the desktop site I finally went to settings and realized there is a dark mode.

Goodness life is ironically so much brighter now. I hated that white theme.

[–] MargotRobbie 3 points 1 year ago

Yay, more Explains!

Dark mode really should be the default of every website.