cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/1

What is Lemmy?

Lemmy is link aggregator software that exists in the fediverse, meaning it connects with other “ActivityPub” software like Mastodon and other Lemmy instances. Basically, you can follow and interact with communities here on feddit.uk, on any other Lemmy instance, or even from your Mastodon account!

What is Feddit.uk

Feddit UK is a UK specific instance of Lemmy, ideal for people from the UK or are just interested in following the UK community.

This instance is hosted by me Tom, an experienced software dev based in London. I decided to host Feddit UK as I saw many instances already made for other countries and none for the UK and saw the need for a UK community on the Fediverse. To help the upkeep cost of this instance, please consider donating by buying me a coffee!

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Why Feddit

Feddit comes from the combination of the words Fediverse and Reddit. Lemmy is a new alternative to Reddit based on the Fediverse!

What are the rules here?

  • No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or xenophobia
  • No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies
  • No harassment, dogpiling or doxxing of other users
  • Do not share intentionally false or misleading information
  • Do not spam or abuse network features.
  • Stephen@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for the intro,Tom. Just arrived here and finding my way at present. Looking good so far… 😁

  • Sev@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Thanks Tom. I didn’t realise lemmy lag was tied to the instance, so I’ve switched from lemmy.world to here. Already it’s blazing fast!

    Thanks to federation I guess it makes NO difference content wise as to what we see in our All feeds right?

    And being in the UK myself performance should be great. Thanks mate

    • Cynar@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      There should be next to no difference in content. In theory, de-federation could lead to a difference. E.g. if lemmy.world de-federated with someone, feddit.uk would still be able to see and interact with it.

      In practice however, basically the same.

    • JesusTheCarpenter@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve just don’t the same thing for the same reasons. That is the beauty of fediverse. We can still see the same content (with caveat of dedederation on each particular instance).

  • Astigma@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Hey everyone. I’m new to Federated internet as a whole (no points for guessing where I’ve spent the last 13 years of my time on the internet) but happy I found a UK centric instance to join! Thanks for setting this up @tom@feddit.uk . I’ll chuck over a fiver when i can!

    • tom@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hey I’ve just made a post about the verification emails but could you send me a PM with the email in question please?

  • walkwalkwalkwalk@feddit.ukEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Is anyone else using Jerboa and when trying to subscribe to communities you just get stuck on “Pending”? I couldn’t find a help community so not sure where to post this