Hi all,

I've been locked out of another Lemmy instance and cannot get through to support.

When opening my account I was going through the settings and check 2FA at the bottom of the page. Nothing happened so I reloaded the page and deselected the option as no code, QR, etc., was appearing to enter into my authenticator app. After double checking the option wasn't selected, I tried logging in again on another browser and it asked me for a 2FA token.

I've read some people have had luck resetting their password but after a few attempts that hasn't worked for me.

Is there anything that can be done without contacting support? I've tried doing so through the button at the top of https://join-lemmy.org/ but it give me a 502 Bad Gateway.

Any ideas would be really appreciated.

I have switched to Brave browser because I can't get to my second page of unread replies in Chrome. It also glitches quite a bit in the last few days and I keep getting a generic page error with no suggestion except to reload the page which kicks me right off the site completely into a blank page. Brave browser seems a little better but still far from error free.

You may intuitively believe that large instances are the best place to start a new community, since that's where most people are.

The good news is it's viable to start a community on any instance, provided you take some steps to ensure that content propagates to the large ones too.

How Lemmy content federation works

A Lemmy instance will automatically receive federated content from any community on the Fediverse, as long as at least one its users has subscribed to that community. This content is visible when you click on "All" on the main menu:

For example, the content I post to [email protected] automatically propagates to the likes of lemmy.world and lemm.ee since both of those instances have at least one user that has subscribed to it.

Making your community visible

To ensure that your content propagates to the large instances, you need to have at least one subscri

It looks like when Lemmy is updated, you have to sign out of your account on mlem and then sign back in.

In the app, go back until you see your account listed. Then, swipe it left and it deletes. Once you re-add it, it works again. The way to log out or delete an account in mlem isn't very intuitive, or at least it wasn't for me.

I made some offhand comment and now when I try and view the comment, edit it or find the board through search, I can’t find it.

I do the same with my wife’s account and it works. Is there no system message saying your banned?

Finding content in Lemmy is not very intuitive if you're brand new. Here's how you can enjoy all that the Fediverse has to offer, irrespective of which instance you are on.

The buttons at the top of the home page are the secret. You can also click on the small "sorting help" button to view more information on what everything does:

"Local" will only display posts that are created on the instance you are on. "All" will display posts from all other federated instances:

If you feel like you're seeing old posts, try changing your view to "New":

That's it in a nutshell. The beautiful thing about the Fediverse is you can interact with all federated content from the comfort of your home Lemmy instance.

You may also be interested to learn [how to find commu

Hello

I am trying to log in to the lemmy android app but it keeps on giving me the error, "Server Version (0.17.4) too low". How do I fix this, do I need to create another account, btw I have created my account using lemmy.world instance

Finding awesome communities and subscribing to them is likely one of the first things you want to do in Lemmy. It can also be a bit confusing.

This guide will walk you through how it works and hopefully improve your experience.

The beautiful thing about the Fediverse is you can interact with all federated content from the comfort of your home Lemmy instance.

Since the best communities may not natively reside on the server you're on, the easiest way to discover them is by using one of these awesome 3rd party explorers:

• https://lemmyverse.net/communities
• https://browse.feddit.de/

Using https://lemmyverse.net/communities

1. Once you've found an interesting community, click on the community Lemmy link to copy it:

2. On your home Lemmy instance, click on Search (the magnifying glass) on the top-right of your screen:

3. Pa

Most instances have suffered from an influx of bot usernames being created automatically. If you have e-mail verification turned on, then this is mostly just a nuisance since none of these bot account pass e-mail verification and they can't post anything until they do.

This also makes it realatively easy to remove them, since we can target non-verified users. This guide will show you how.

Note: If you don't have e-mail verification turned on, then this guide will not help you. This guide also won't help with more sophisticated bots that have passed e-mail verification.

DO NOT attempt this if you have real users that signed up before you had e-mail verification enabled! If you do and they still don't have a verified e-mail, then you will end up deleting them also.

To play it safe, I recommend you back up your database before you attempt this.

I also recommend you stop the lemmy service while you perform this operation, especially if you have a busy instance.

This is a collection of Lemmy links that will help you in your travels.

Finding Communities

• https://browse.feddit.de/
• https://lemmyverse.net/communities
• https://sub.rehab/

Finding Instances:

• https://join-lemmy.org/
• https://lemmyverse.net/
• https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances
• https://the-federation.info/

Check instance federation:

• https://federation-checker.vercel.app/

Lemmy Resources:

• https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/01-getting-started.html
• https://lemdit.com/c/help

Stats:

• https://fedidb.org/current-events/threadiverse

Please let me know if anything else should be on this list!

Lemmy Help

Lemmy is still in development and can be a bit quirky. This is a collection of little things I've bumped into which may help you avoid some confusion.

Browsing posts

'Local' only shows you posts from the Lemmy instance you are currently on (e.g. lemdit.com).

'All' will also include posts federated from other instances, and is typically the one you want.

Sometimes 'All' can be selected but only local posts will be displayed. If this happens, toggling between 'Local' and 'All' will fix it:

Finding content on a small instance

Your Lemmy instance will only show posts from communities on other instances if at least one user from your instance has subscribed to those communities.

If a community that interests you is missing, simply search for it and subscribe. You (along with everyone else on your instance) will now see posts from that community under 'All'.

Note: The same is true in reverse!

If you're reading this then you likely already know that Lemmy and Kbin are alternatives to Reddit.

This is an introduction to the basics of Lemmy/Kbin and how they're different from what you're already used to.

Basics of the Fediverse

A useful comparison is to think about how e-mail works. There are different e-mail platforms (e.g. Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc), but they all use a common protocol to send and receive messages between themselves.

Even though your mailbox may be with Gmail, you can exchange e-mails with any other mailbox, irrespective of either or not they are also with Gmail. None of these platforms own or control "e-mail" as a whole.

The Fediverse is a similar concept but applied to social media. Lemmy is a flavour of Fediverse software, the same as Kbin. Anyone can host a Lemmy or Kbin instance, and they all use a common protocol to communicate with each so that content posted on one is available to all. This federated network of nodes is referred to