I usually look at “Local” or “All”, but that’s still only what is published on or is federated by my instance. What effective ways of discovering new content across all of the Fediverse do you know?
There’s a pinned post on !communitypromo@lemmy.ca
Or the instance agnostic link !newcommunities@lemmy.world
Very convenient, thanks!
Wow, there are so many interesting and diverse communities constantly created!
Every Lemmy instance has a built-in search tool that can be used to search across instances (make sure the slider at the top is set to “All”, it usually defaults to “Local”). Browsing All for a while will show you a decent cross-section of the most active communities (just make sure to tighten your filters). And there are some 3rd party search tools like https://lemmyverse.net/ that do periodic trawls of posts and traffic.
I somehow missed there’s also an index for communities. Amazing, thanks!
it does not search across instances, it only searches its local database copies of instance data it has already receieved.
ie, if theres some server that no lemmy.world user has subscribed to, then no lemmy.world user could search that servers content without an exact link.
Right, though on a largeish instance with a limited blocklist you won’t see much difference (new communities mostly)
Yeah, I already use “All” but that’s still very limiting
exactly. it (your server) is limited to what the users of that server have subscribed to. but many places are using federating bots to fill this gap… no idea if your home base (lemmy.ml) is or not
I just drive-by shitpost in “all” like the good lord intended
Ill often go to topics that I already enjoy:
- View by “all”, subscribe to communities you’re interested in and block the ones you don’t want to see. Fediverse is still small enough that it’s relatively easy to sort through.
- Use the search bar to look for specific keywords for topics that interest you. Depending on your interface, you probably have some version of an “explore communities” page where you can see what’s popular.
- Sometimes I’ll find communities by seeing what other users with similar interests interact with on their profiles.
- Sometimes I’ll finding communities by seeing what other users with similar interests interact with on their profiles.
Darn this one is so obvious yet I didnt’t think of it. Thanks!
There’s a community called “Lemmy411” where the purpose is to help people find a comm for a specific topic. If you have something you’re interested in, you can ask for recommendations there.
For me personally, sometimes people will just link various communities, and if it seems interesting and active I’ll subscribe. Tbh, I mainly used the same method back when I used Reddit
Communities page, all instances, scroll until an interesting one is spotted
I follow random recommendations in other peoples comments. So welcome to !trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca and !mrlovenstein@sh.itjust.works !
I have subs but I never bother with them and browse ‘All’. If there’s anything I don’t want to keep seeing I just filter out that community.
my instance auto-subscribes to all external communities via a federating bot. this allows my servers ‘/all/new’ queue to be filled with shit my personal account is not subscribed to, and thats how i see new communities to subscribe to.
but thats my local mbin instance… not sure what lemmings do
Thanks! I’m planning to host my own instance so this is very useful.
Offtopic: what’s your experience with mbin? Do you follow personal accounts (like from Mastodon as opposed to Lemmy-like communities)? And why did you choose mbin over other alternatives?
i chose it over lemmy because lemmy had minimial interfaces (at the time), and i wanted a reddit clone. i also specifically wanted to follow some mastodon/universeodon peeps which lemmy is of course incapable of. i liked that theres built in karma. oops, i mean “reputation points”.
it just looks/feels more polished
the microblogging side is definitely weaker, but it does function. i can check my subscribed microblogs and they show in my feed as expected. ive sent/received messages in those directions.
the mbin dev crew have also been really cool guys to work with, the dev team of mbin is an open commune of sorts… anyone can help.
that said… i would say mbin is a little bit process-heavy/bulky for single user… but you could tweak it for your use… i know several that do.
it is a server application requiring some knowledge to successfully setup and maintain. its a lot of i/o
Thanks for the detailed reply! Looks very promising. Although I would like a good microblogging experience as well. Anyway, I gotta try it.
I’ve found that there hasn’t been much point in subscribing. Communities are so small that most have one post every couple of weeks or even months (outside of a few core popular communities). It has always been more worthwhile going to c/all and filter through what you see.
