here to discover one more fediverse platform (i have a pretty active mastodon account: @ralen@social.linux.pizza) im interested in tech, specifically linux and other foss systems, like haiku, bsd, redox etc, other foss technologies and software, new hardware, specifically risc-v hardware (tho dont have any myself yet), foss android apps (i build crdroid rom for myself). im also depressed and socially insecure and lonely. also interested in languages (but can use only two - russian and english, and understand two more - polish and ukrainian). sometimes read books and watch movies/series. study software engineering in uni (finished second year)
so, how does lemmy works? i know mastodon is hashtag and subscription based, but i dont see any hashtags here, how do i follow interesting topics and avoid ones im not interested in? how can i make my post more accessible, discoverable here?
btw jerboa is great tho has some little inconveniences
Lemmy is a federated Reddit-style Social Media platform like Mastadon is to Twitter/X.
Your instance should be one focused on that which interests you, like Lemmy.ml for FOSS and Privacy, or programming.dev for programming, etc. Shop around and find one with a good community you like that is federated with instances you also like. This means your Local Feed will have your interests.
You want one that is federated with other instances you want to see, so you can browse All for general content.
Finally, you can manually create your own feed by subscribing to communities you want, and browsing by Subscribed.
On most cases, there is not much difference in experience between different servers/instances. There isn’t really a local timeline (as in eg Mastodon).
Some exceptions: If you post NSFW, some instances don’t allow that. If you are political, some instances might be a better fit than others. Finally, there are some servers that are not widely federated.