Welcome to Lemmy. I love you.

The list of apps is pretty out of date. For example, Boost already came out and !instance_assistant@lemmy.ca is a pretty popular extension. I use it a lot to make posts, and just used it to open that post on my instance.

Also related is how to find communities

I help with !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, and the idea is that you can subscribe to keep seeing more recommendations. We also have a guide for finding new communities here: https://lemmy.ca/post/5581032, which I've copied below:

A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the /communities page on an instance. For example: https://lemmy.ca/communities

For a list of instances to look through:

• pangora.social (NEW): Great way to find instances related to a particular topic. This is also great for picking an instance when first making an account/moving accounts.
• awesome-lemmy-instances: not that organized, but it

🔎 Search pages

• https://lemmyverse.net/communities
• https://browse.feddit.de/ (run by feddit.de)

🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions

• Instance Assistant: Browser extension with tools to help you redirect & search for communities
• Voyager Migrator: Tool to help you migrate Subreddits
• More Apps: https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/

🙌 Communities for discovering new communities:

• !communitypromo@lemmy.ca: You're here right now
• !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl: Daily posts with the trending communities from across the threadiverse
• !newcommunities@lemmy.world: Find out about new communities

Here are some other communities, some of which are less active:

• !wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca
• !lemmy411@lemmy.ca
• !findacommunity@lemmy.ml

Remember, you can also post questions about finding new communities right here!

👽 Coming from Reddit?

• sub.rehab: You can sort by official replacements & sister communities
• redditmigration.com: List from the migration
• quippd.com: Another list created by a user during the migration

https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/

Any particular cause for this latest boost of new users? I came here when the API ban happened and am much happier with Lemmy. So welcome to everyone!

I'm laughing my ass off at old.lemmy.world whoever did that, hats off to them.

I> Remember to criticise ideas, and not people.

That’s a nice guideline. I kept trying to explain that to my recent ex… the vast difference between saying “this behavior is unproductive” vs. “you are unproductive”.

Honestly tho, if people aren't being absolute dicks, its pretty frickin' free in the speech department. I have to be conscious of it cuz I'm on several different boards with way higher standards and I don't want to be booted from them. It never hurts to be kind and fun and even a little intense sometimes.

Just afix your heart to the right place and everything's gonna be just fine. Stay excellent u lemmings!

Thank you. Gave up Reddit when Reddit Is Fun (RIF) died. Found Lemmings. Wait a few weeks and now here I am. I have to admit the different instances and this federation thingy, a lot to learn though it feels.more background stuff that Reddit may have had but we just didnt notice. Appreciate the post and happy to be here. Cheers!

Oh man... my first post here on Lemmy, hailing from Boost for Lemmy!

My Boost for Reddit is still working but I got permanently banned for an absolutely ridiculous reason..

Here's to hoping that B4L can be everything that Reddit threw out the window, and more!

I feel right at home in the fediverse, it gives me a much more secure feeling than Reddit. Thank you devs for your hard work at creating a suitable alternative.

wow, old.lemmy.world is perfection.

Very cool!

That's great, what happened in the last week or so to produce a boost?

Thanks for making the effort to host and support the community!

Ps: Boost gang! 🚀

Heh, "Boost"

Willkommen.

Glad Lemmy is back to gaining users again.

Can we get an option to hide disliked posts, please?

What is your favorite Alternative UI? Are you using it full-time or still switch back to the default one? We want to know!

Welcome to the Fediverse all!

I've been here a few months, but still learned quite a bit from this post - thanks for putting this together!

And welcome aboard to all the newest newbies! ...did Reddit slap its users in the face again?

Welcome everyone 😀 !

Didn't know bout the desktop apps, awesome!

Ha! 'boost' - I get it!