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Getting Started Guide - WV Social
dubvee.org## Welcome Without an account, you can browse All
[https://dubvee.org/home/data_type/Post/listing_type/All/sort/Active/page/1] on
this instance and see posts/comments that were made to local communities
[/communities] or ones that are currently subscribed from other Lemmy instances.
Please note that this is not all that is available across Lemmy; just what other
users have already subscribed to.
In order to search and subscribe to other Lemmy instances that aren’t already in
our list, you will need to be signed into an account.
## Terminology - Instance: Home Server. Your account has to live somewhere. The
home server is the one you log into and shows you your feed. Somewhat like
homeroom in school. - Community: Subreddit - Federation: It means different home
servers interact and share content with each other. ## Signup If you do not have
an account, you can sign up [/signup] for one on this server. To register an
account, provide a unique username, email address for password resets, and set
your password. You’ll also need to fill out a sign up application. This is a
spam and bot prevention feature. Answer the question and submit your
application. Signup Troubleshooting If you’re trying to sign up and the submit
button just spins forever, then it means there’s an error. The UI for Lemmy is a
bit rough around the edges right now, unfortunately, and certain errors are not
shown. Common problems with signup: - Username and display name each must be 20
characters or less - Password must be 60 characters or less - Email must be
unique for this instance Email Validation After your signup application is
accepted, you should receive an email with a link. You’ll need to click that
link in order to validate that your email address belongs to you. Account
Approval Once your email address is validated, the site admins will be notified
of your application. Human intervention is required for this step, so please be
patient as it may be up to several hours before an admin is able to review the
request. If your application is approved, you will receive an email
notification. You will then be able to log in.
Unfortunately, at the moment, if your application is rejected, the system does
not send any kind of notification. If you haven’t gotten an approval within 8
hours, you can email [email protected] [[email protected]]
to see if there was a problem or for assistance signing up. Once your account is
approved (you should receive an email upon approval), log in and customize your
profile and settings. ### How to Find and Subscribe to Communities There are two
ways to find communities through Lemmy: To browse communities that others in
your instance are already subscribed to, tap the “Communities” tab at the top of
the page and choose the “All” scope. Tapping on a community name will open it
through your instance. Finding a Community That Exists on a Different Lemmy
Instance 1) Open a new tab to the Lemmy Community Browser
[https://browse.feddit.de/] 2) Use the search to look up a community that
interests you.
[https://dubvee.org/pictrs/image/cbc78d8b-cf34-44e5-9c1e-76693c2cf1f3.png] 3)
When you’ve found a community of interest, you can open its link in a new tab to
preview the posts.
4) If you decide you want to subscribe to that community, copy its URL.
[https://dubvee.org/pictrs/image/b9e899ba-28a5-4da1-83d7-6293a6d66792.png] 5)
Switch back to the tab for this Lemmy instance and hit the 🔍 button in the
upper toolbar. 6) Make sure that you have chosen “All” for each of the four
filters: “Type”, “Scope”, “Community”, and “Creator”. 7) Paste the community’s
URL into the search field and tap “Search”.
[https://dubvee.org/pictrs/image/04ff13e6-5a4e-4da5-bdb4-1c39ed14bb3e.png] 8)
You will see that it says “No results”. This is normal and will hopefully be
addressed in a future update. 9) Wait 5 or 10 seconds and hit search again. This
time you should see a result. It should be the community shown as an icon, a
name, and a subscriber count. If it doesn’t show up, wait a bit longer, and
search again.
[https://dubvee.org/pictrs/image/29190415-409c-42a6-8fed-ecf6396a1735.png] - -
If you do not see it, or it is buried too deep in the search results, try
changing “Scope” to “Local”. If that does not work, you may need to wait a bit
and try again. 10) Tap on the community in the search results to open it in your
instance. 11) Once a community is open in your instance, subscribe to it by
tapping on the “Subscribe” button at the top of the sidebar.
[https://dubvee.org/pictrs/image/3bab0d00-64a7-4d9f-a190-03d480736e54.png] 12)
You should then be subscribed to the community and see it in your feed.
[https://dubvee.org/pictrs/image/13ee2cfd-52e5-4afd-b470-091e47446d5e.png] Yes,
this is very convoluted, and we are aware. The discovery process for remote
instances has much room for improvement, and there are various discussions on
how best to address it. ### Can’t find a community you’re looking for? If
there’s no community for a topic you are interested in, and if you’re willing to
act as a moderator, feel free to create a new community here.
### Tips - Post and Comment Formatting Syntax
[https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/users/02-media.html]
I’ve seen similar sticky posts popping up in different meta / admin communities on other instances, any interest in creating a cross-post and pinning it to this meta community too? It might help newcomers to wrap their head around Lemmy if they arrive here without hitting any of the other Lemmy sites first.
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