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most people i know use google by searching whatever question they have and including the word “reddit” at the end to find reddit threads since it currently has the most useful information....

What are active users seen in pages like fedidb.org? What constitutes an active user - login, upvote, comment, post? Thanks!

I am from Eastern Europe and this is the hottest summer on my memory. For at least 3 consecutive years the heat is breaking all records....

If the instance I started my community on shuts down, then the whole community is gone. Is there anything I can do as a mod to prepare for this so I can transfer everything onto a new instance? Or is everything lost if my instance shuts down?

I have an online friend from the other side of the globe. We met in chess.com. But I’d like to try a different game this time. We are not console gamers, but have smartphones. Are there any online games we can try for free that can be played real-time? Looking for something light and can be played in the phone browser.

How can I access Kbin communities(magazines) and posts from Lemmy? Do I need a separate Kbin account to post in Kbin or can I post in Kbin by using my Lemmy account?

Hey people! I have just started using Lemmy and have have got a basic feel for how it works ok. The one thing that confuses me is the navigation using the exclamation mark, like ‘!linux’...

I see a very small minority of people using Kbin, but I don’t understand why....

Is there any Android app for Kbin ?

So, as any self-respecting datahoarder and selfhoster, I have my server rack populated with a few machines, churning along as they tend to my hobby-related projects. Now that I’ve started using Lemmy I’m toying with the idea of selfhosting an instance, as I have both the hardware, bandwidth, and skillset for it....

What’s your prefer two-factor authentication app for iOS?...

Is there a c/getdidciplined community on here? Or is anyone interested in making one?

I have a tub of Vaseline and have hardly scratched the surface. I’m curious whether anyone uses it for anything other than their lips.

Default image size near post in global feed is annoyingly small, until you click on it. And sometimes if you do, you got send to another site, cause that was not a preview of picture, but preview of a site instead. It’s annoying, is there a simple way to change default behavior?

I just learned the mind palace technique to memorize stuff and wanna put it to use.

What are some conventions (in the likes of ComicCon) for techies/nerds, computer/data folks? Maybe one that occurs in many cities, like ComicCon...

I remember when 1Password still supported local encrypted vaults that I could sync with my cloud provider of choice....

I’m trying to establish this new account at sh.itjust.works as my backup instance due to lemmy.world server issues / growing pains....

Hi, My normal account was recently banned from c/memes and possibly all of lemmy.ml, but I wasn’t sure why. I was wondering if there was a mod I could ask, so I could learn from my mistake, mea culpa, and possibly beg for forgiveness.

downvoting everything i disagree with seems excessive and unhealthy, considering i can just ignore and move on. Beehaw doesn’t have downvotes at all, reasoning that you can ignore it and move on or report it, and it seems to work fine for them. i do think downvotes have a use though, i’m just not sure what it is. what do you...

Do you think that the person must be...

I mostly just looked at memes on Reddit so my opinion of Reddit is just memes. But I know a lot of people have had terrible experiences on Reddit, please share and vent them if you do

Hey guys,...

An extreme version of this is: What should the German health service do if someone says they are willing to donate a kidney as long as it doesn’t go to a Jew?...

Hello, I want to setup a VPN to dial up my home. I’m having trobules with my WRT3200ACM, and other firmwares aren’t working fine for me due to the oddities of this particular router....