How do you pick a host to open an instance on?
I’ve been toying with the idea of creating a dog training community, but I don’t know where to put it! How do you pick? The one thing I can’t do is host it myself 😞...
What are our pointless shout out benchmarks for Lemmy? Hundred posts club? 500 comments?
Are there any instances that disable downvoting?
Anyone remember a website that was used to share dotConfig files?
I vaguely remember a website or community section of a website that was dedicated to sharing .config files and scripts. I thought it was actually called dotConfig but I can’t seem to find it while searching anywhere...
What platform/api could I use to split donations across multiple benefactors?
I’ve been looking across the internet, up, down, front, and back. No clue....
Syntax to link to a community or a user in a comment?
In particular for a user, so they get a notification that they were mentioned.
How to create a Lemmy Instance using AWS or some kind of cloud service?
I’m not really tech savvy but can follow directions pretty well. I am trying to create a local lemmy instance for my country and want to contribute to the community with a local server....
What are some examples of modest dictators in history?
Stereotypical authoritarian leaders in history tend to do opulent, egocentric things like building statues of themselves everywhere or writing songs about how cool they are and making kids in school sing them. What are some examples of modest dictators whose regimes skipped that type of pomp and circumstance?
wtf is nostr?
So no question I’ve been enjoying lemmy, I love the freedom it offers and I love the seemingly simple and elegant framework it runs on however after having ditched Reddit for the hopes of a similar or improved content experience I have to say it is quite a bit smaller and therefore barren at times which is both a good and bad...
Does anyone know how to solve incorrect_login when logging into Lemmy?
Hello, I’m new to Lemmy and am trying to login to my account through an iOS app. This problem happens every time I try to log in using the correct details (copy and pasted from my password manager) on both Mlem and Memmy apps....
After a power outage, some electronics refuse to turn back on unless I unplug the power brick completely on the electronic side. Why does this happen?
I have some automated pet stuff in my house. There were 2 power outages 2 days in a row. After each one, the pet electronics refused to turn back on even if I unpluged and replugged the power brick from the wall outlet side. They would only turn on if I unplugged the power brick on the electronics side and plugged it back in....
What are the best Matrix servers for chatting?
I am aspiring to one day host a chat server of some kind to eventually replace my Discord server. Matrix has caught my eye and I’m looking to try using it a bit to get a feel for it, but I can’t seem to find any communities that i really like. There’s a lot of niche stuff out there and it’s hard for me to find servers...
If you incubate a previously refrigerated egg, will it hatch?
Weekly Report(new stuff!) & Letter to Members [META] (Week 3)
Hello everyone! To start out, I’d once again like to say thank you to every single one of you for being here. We’re building something awesome here together, and I’m grateful you’ve been with us so far....
Is it Possible to Natively Create a Poll in Lemmy?
Do I need a 3rd party website like Strawpoll to do polls? If so, which one do you think would be the best for polls for music (maybe something that plays a sample of the song?)
Where do you get your Wallpapers?
Where do you get your Wallpapers?...
Why did my post//comment score reset?
I was up to over a hundred points of score, and now im back down to 20, but my post and comments still have the same number of likes?
Why am I still able to load the front page of Reddit on RIF? (kbin.social)
I got the "shutting down" message and I was signed out of all of my accounts. But the front page, posts, and comments are all still loading just fine.
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Why do some pictures I post get rotated? (lemmy.world)
I have seen several of my image posts (and several other posters pictures) become turned sideways after posting even though the image is right side up before posting. How do I ensure my image won’t get rotated once posted?
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How do you post a picture?
Probably more stupid than most questions here, but Lemmy seems to have a learning curve. I’m using Connect to access the fediverse....
What am I doing wrong in subbing to remote communities?
I just switched over to feddit.uk to reduce the strain on lemmy.world. Either I’ve forgotten or am doing something wrong, because I can’t seem to subscribe in what I thought was the right way....
How do I sticky a post in a community I moderate?
Does up/down votes Sync between instances?
Can a community have 0 mods?
I dont know if this is bugged or there are actually no mods but !writingprompts shows 0 mods....