What are some building subscription list/finding communities Tips and Tricks? (lemmy.ml)

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Many newbs are washing up here, myself included. What are good ways to get the most out of Lemmy? (Using Jerboa)

There isn't an algorithm, so I guess we need to self filter and manage a good sub list.

At first glance I'm guessing, use the "all" feed. Block communities that are irrelevant, sub to interests and leave the undecided ones alone. Repeat on different sort options, Repeat for specific hosts.

What are your tricks for finding interesting content and building a sub list.

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[-] DrQuint@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I kind of wish communities had a "subscribe to remote community" button, but I understand that browsers would probably have to do some light tracking with cookies to make that possible.

[-] EnglishMobster@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you go to the Communities tab and hit "All", you can see a list of communities you can subscribe to based on what your instance has federated with. Then you just hit the "subscribe" button and you're good to go.

[-] DrQuint@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, thanks, I am aware you can check out an external community from a local view. I'm just kind of venting that you can't do it from the other way around from a user experience standpoint (See community linked on the internet -> check out the content on-page -> tell that page you'd like to hear more from it on your home instance), even though I'm aware it would probably be very hard or annoying to pull off as your browser would have to be somehow aware of your logged-on instances in a way other instances are also built to support.

[-] nutomic@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

If you want to follow a community from another instance, just paste the URL into the search bar. Also works for specific posts or comments that you want to reply to.

[-] iod@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Isn't that what Graze does for Mastodon? Allows you to interact with remote accounts and posts without logging in each time. I imagine Lemmy would need something similar

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