Just wanted to say hello to everyone new joining the instance lately. Seems like reddits ideas of introducing paywalled subreddits got a few more people to think twice about using that site.
I just wanted to encourage new users to install a good mobile client for Lemmy. The web interface is OK but the mobile apps really take Lemmy to another level by being much faster and more user friendly.
I personally like Boost for Lemmy and Sync but there are many others to choose from. More are linked in the sidebar.
After you do that, make sure to subscribe to many communities. You see a list under the Communities tab and you can choose to subscribe with a click.
You can also go here and see all communities in the entire lemmy universe:
https://lemmyverse.net/communities
Me and @Buelldozer@lemmy.today are trying to keep the bots and spammers out and it goes pretty well so far.
Hope you like Lemmy more than Reddit, most of us here do… :)
No but I really appriciate you asking. :) I have a good job so paying the server expenses is not difficult. This is also the advantage of using distributed / federated technology - each server can be small and the costs are kept low.
If we gain a lot of users and need to upgrade, we can find some ways for you guys to contribute with some donations, but right now I’m just happy to see people using the instance and enjoying Lemmy.
I hope it can be a small step away from being treated like you are just a consumer on the internet.