I've searched for this information for a while, but haven't seen anything on it anywhere.

I know that some instances are barred from communicating with others. I've also noticed that many leftist instances are anti "tankie" while lemmygrad is specifically for us, which is kind of concerning.

My question: Is lemmygrad banned from communicating with many other instances? Or any at all?

I was struggling trying to get the app to login without much success. If you're facing a similar issue, it's possible to login into the instance via your preferred browser, ideally one that respects your privacy, and go to Options (usually the little three dots on the upper right corner of your screen), from there you can tap "Add to Home Screen" or "Install" and it will create a shortcut that can be accessed as an app (identically). Hope this helps, hasta la victoria!

Hey guys, let's suppose I want to create a new community here, this would make me a mod in the community right? So what does that mean exactly? Do I have to mod it just like in Reddit or nah?

Also what is the instance url for android apps?

Just wondering if there's a NSFW function here. I just saw a post about the Ukraine conflict, and the poster mentioned they didn't know how to blur the photo that was included. That got me to realize I don't know how to, either.

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Right now, the bulk of the activity on Lemmygrad is happening in one community: lemmygrad.ml/c/genzedong. This is expected and completely normal. We are in the immediate aftermath of a mass exodus away from one of the last large, explicit bastions of anti-imperialism and communism on Reddit, and in our haste to settle we have made and populated /c/genzedong, and, in doing so, recreated the home we were familiar with: an all-purpose hub designed to be a seat of ML engagement. However, while familiar, many unfavorable structural features forced upon us by merely existing on Reddit have carried over with us. We became desensitized to the less-than-ideal compromises we made to have a presence on Reddit, and, now that we have stepped outside into greener pastures, our eyes have not quite adjusted to the new opportuniti

I'm taking the opportunity of this huge influx of new users to let them know we have a report function! I'm not sure it's integrated in the mobile apps yet, but it works great on the website.

To access it, click on the ... (three dots) menu below someone's comment, then click on the waving flag icon:

We have tons of applications coming in at all times, and some trolls will probably make it through the cracks. If you see something, report it!

This is an attempt to explain Lemmy and Lemmygrad in a way that is easy for newcomers to understand.

What is Lemmy?

Short answer: Lemmy is a selfhosted and decentralized social link aggregation and discussion platform. Similar to Reddit, but not controlled by a single organization.

Long answer:

Lemmy is a selfhosted and decentralizated social link aggregation and discussion platform. It is completely free and open, and not controlled by any company. This means that there is no advertising, tracking, or secret algorithms. Content is organized into communities, so it is easy to subscribe to topics that you are interested in, and ignore others. Voting is used to bring the most interesting items to the top. The UI and community, post, comment, and vote system is very similar to sites like Reddit, so much so that Lemmy is often referred to as a "reddit clone" or "reddit alternative". Unlike Reddit however, Lemmy is decentralized and does not rely on a single server from o