I know people are confused about how fediverse works and how to use it. This is an attempt to compile a list of beginner’s guides made by some amazing people on this topic.

I will update this list if any new guide is made so you can save this post for later. Also, if anyone has any good guide to add post it in the comments and I’ll add it here.

  • Undefined0968@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    8·
    2 years ago

    Is there some script to automate finding any of the 100’s of subreddits, YouTube channels etc, we’re subscribed to, To migrate?

  • Deadpixel@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    6·
    2 years ago

    Have we created a list of piracy related Lemmy subs that our FMHY members can use to jump start their new accounts?

      • Azceptit@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        21·
        2 years ago

        Yeah but you have to have an IT degree to subscribe to something. Even on that website we can’t just hit “subscribe”

        • tallwookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          you basically have to find the !community@domain string, then copy it and paste it back into your home instance search field & search for it, then navigate to it from your home instance to subscribe to it.

          it’s very cumbersome but it does work. perhaps things will change in the future, or maybe not.

    • zinklog@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPM
      2·
      2 years ago

      Once a community is searched by someone, they should be in the communities > All section. But yeah finding brand new communities is hard.

      • Purrington@beehaw.org
        5·
        2 years ago

        You can’t reuse the login to difference instances, but you can interact with different instances, like how I am commenting from beehaw.org instance.

        • Flatau
          2·
          2 years ago

          Sweet, thanks! Also, my first comment in this fediverse thing, here we go!

        • Molecule9933@lemmy.fmhy.ml
          1·
          2 years ago

          How does that work exactly? I am registered here, but want to subscribe to communities over on feddit.de It only gives me an error message on the bottom left that I’m not logged in when hitting “subscribe”.

          • Purrington@beehaw.org
            2·
            2 years ago

            You need to go to Communities tab, and from there subscribe to those communities. When those appear in your feed, you can comment.

            You can’t directly go to those instance and comment.

  • Blaze_232@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    4·
    2 years ago

    Found several community links in some chats. But clicking on them, opens the link in browser with an error. Is there some way to directly open the links in the Jerboa app?

    • tallwookie@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      presumably you can do this in the app, I have not tried as the process is cumbersome and much easier on pc.

      you basically have to find the !community@domain string, then copy it and paste it back into your home instance search field & search for it, then navigate to it from your home instance to subscribe to it. i kind of got into a groove with it earlier and subbed to at least once community on each of these --> https://join-lemmy.org/instances

    • TGhost@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’m using an web browser even on mobile bc of that. There is no doubt with time this will be implemented

  • Adverse@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    4·
    2 years ago

    Hi I have made an account for FMHY, do I need to make another account for another instance? For EG : I have joined FMHY now, so can I join feddit.uk with this same account?

    • zinklog@lemmy.fmhy.mlOPM
      11·
      2 years ago

      You cannot login to that instance with these credentials no, but you can access all the communities on that instance and engage with them through fmhy instance itself.

      So there is no need to make a new account for every instance.

  • DarkTides@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    4·
    2 years ago

    I’m wishing there was some type of bot that would search out new communities on other instances that were formed and would go through the process of searching and joining so it shows up for users when they go to all.

    Not because the process is too cumbersome, but because I’ve found that older posts and comments that happened before anyone joined don’t end up showing up which is a shame.

  • thrawn21@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    So I’m having an issue with accessing the thegarden.land, when I view it directly I see comments on posts, but when I access it at [email protected] through FMHY, I see the same posts but with no comments. Here are images showing my issue.

    I attempted to login to thegarden.land with my username and password for FMHY, but I just get an indefinite spinner and no response. Is this an issue with lemmy, or something I’m doing wrong?

    • tallwookie@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      search for it like so from your home instance (fmhy), while you are logged in on your home instance - you wont be able to log into thegarden.land unless you have an account there.

      my main instance is lemmy.world - subbed here earler today using that same process ;)

    • NataliePortland@lemmy.ca
      1·
      2 years ago

      Hi there I just came across your comment. The issue could be with your language settings, you need to select English AND Undetermined.

  • tumulus_scrolls@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    So are some methods of accessing communities from the federation working for people now? (ones from from Michael Altfield’s guide) Earlier today I found that only manually going to lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/<community>@<server> works, and now it does “404: couldnt_find_community” for a while.

    Also subscribing results in “Subscribe Pending” which doesn’t seem to go away. Something that will resolve itself hopefully, but reporting in case others experience the same.

  • Beans@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    3·
    2 years ago

    Anyone know how I can get something similar to ‘infinite scroll’ with RES? ie it only updates when I scroll to the bottom.

    I find myself looking at the front page and then losing my place as a spam of updates coming in.