So, I see r/NZ is back. That’s it? What an anemic protest. I guess I’m honestly surprised more people don’t care. I expected the protest to go on longer, but I guess I overestimated how much the average user cared about this.
Unfortunately, I think it probably means we won’t see a lot of growth in Lemmy now. Shame.
I’m enjoying the “everyday” content here on lemmy.nz so far - it’s taken a bit to get a feel for, but for the main reason I hung out a /r/nz (breaking news, current events) it seems to hit the spot. Cheers all for that!
What I’m really missing on Lemmy in general however is that niche content - hobbys I’m interested in, bands I listen to etc. The Reddit communities for them were generally strong and active, but so far missing from Lemmy. Hopefully that changes with time, as I have no desire to go back to Reddit.
Check out the community search at https://browse.feddit.de, or the one at https://lemmyverse.net/communities
Unfortunately there is currently no way for an account on one Lemmy instance to create a community on another instance, but if it already exists, go post some content!
Most of the more “general” instances allow users to create their own communities, so there are lots of mostly empty ones floating around waiting for users. You’re a user!
Does one have to sign up on all those forums individually or is there a single sign on arrangement?
Lemmy is federated. Check out the video in the pinned FAQ post for a bit of an overview.
But the long story short is that you access those communities through lemmy.nz, and people on those communities can access our communities through their own site.
Unfortunately it can be a bit convoluted at the moment. Lemmy is young and not well polished. Probably the easiest way is to click the link to go to a community (which will be a link to their website), then copy the URL into the search on lemmy.nz
If you’re having trouble, you won’t be alone, but you can ask on !support@lemmy.nz for help. Or just reply to me, I’m happy to help, but might take a little longer to respond.