We may not be lemmy.world with its 81,000 users, but we like to think of ourselves as just as important as they are in the fediverse. That’s why I’m thrilled to announce that Lemmy.ninja has reached 20 users! (That’s legitimate users, by the way. No more bots here!)

To welcome our new users, I’d like to take a second to share the best tips that we’ve learned since launching on June 13, 2023.

1. If you are a mobile user and you liked Apollo, go try wefwef.app. It’s a web app that is trying to achieve parity of features with both Apollo and Lemmy. It is arguably faster than using a lemmy instance’s web UI, and by combining features from Lemmy and Apollo, it creates a better user experience. Try it out! If you are a self-hoster, you can even host your own instance of wefwef, giving you greater privacy and more control.
2. If you are looking for communities, visit lemmyverse.net and browse.feddit.de to find them. These sites give information about participation levels that is otherwise impossible to see in Lemmy’s UI, allowing you to pick the most active communities to participate in.
3. Talk to other users! The more you comment, the more people you will meet who can share insights on good communities, how to deal with bugs, or whatever else is interesting or troubling you at a given moment. Here in the Ninja Tea Room community, you can introduce yourself to other lemmy.ninja users and get a better picture of who those 20 users are.
4. Finally, don’t sweat it if things don’t appear to be working well. Lemmy.world is so big that they’re having issues serving up content. Other sites are aggressively updating, but may be running into issues sharing or receiving content from other Lemmy servers. If things don’t work, give it a day or two and see if they resolve.

That’s all for now, ninjas!