WELCOME!
Hi everyone! Thanks for joining us during this exciting time in the fediverse. Like many of you, I too am a refugee of that other site. I started this community because I really liked reading its equivalent on the other site, and thought it was a good community to replicate.
<updated> In one week, we’ve grown to >7k subscribers (~5.3k on lemmy.world and ~1.2k from the next 5 largest instances)In just 3 days, we’ve grown to >2,800 subscribers (~2.5k on lemmy.world and ~300 from the next 5 largest instances), so I thought it’s time I addressed some issues.
NAVIGATING THE FEDIVERSE
If you’re new - no need to have a detailed understanding of the fediverse. Just dive right in, and you’ll learn the rest along the way.
Step 1: Join an instance. Don’t overthink this, any one is fine. Think of it as an email provider - there are slight differences, but you can send/receive emails to (almost) anyone with any provider. I recommend lemmy.world and lemm.ee
Step 2: Find communities. Click on “Communities” and change it from “Local” to “All”. Subscribe as you see fit.
Step 3 (Most Important): Post! Contribute wherever you feel like.
“WHAT CAN I POST?”
As the sidebar says, anything that involves “conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request”. This is usually to the detriment of the requester, but I recognize that may be hard to judge all the time.
For now, this includes text posts, images, videos and links. All I ask is that the “malicious compliance” aspect should be apparent - if you’re making a text post, be sure to explain this part; if it’s an image/video/link, use the “Body” field to elaborate.
For now, posts/images about events that did not happen to you or anyone you know is fair game, as long as it happened. Fiction writing is a good skill, but not encouraged here.
You’ll notice that I said “for now” a lot. That’s because I wouldn’t be surprised if the rules changed over time. If we do change the rules, it will be done in consultation with you guys, and with advance notice. Which brings me to…
FEEDBACK
I’d love to hear your thoughts on how we can make this a better place. If there’s anything you’re unhappy with, or if you just have suggestions, please post them in this thread. If you prefer, you can also message me.
OTHER COMMUNITIES
I’m also adding a shoutout here to two other communities I created:
Feel free to join and participate if it’s of interest to you!
Thanks for creating this community! I must confess I wasn’t part of it on the other site because it was too active. I was however part of deliciouscompliance, which was a lot of fun.
I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone has to share. Who knows I might have some things to share, too!
You’re welcome! Hope you like it here, and feel free to share! We don’t bite, I promise!
Pitching in from Kbin! Thank you for opening this community in the Fediverse!
Thank you, I’m glad you guys are enjoying it!
Yet another excellent “Welcome” post! I’ve been so impressed with the welcome and onboarding that the Lemmy/Fediverse community as a whole has provided! Truly impressive! I can confidentally say to people just jump in and try it, you’ll find a TON of how to’s and people willing to help out and explain things!
Loving this sub so far. Thanks!
Glad to hear it!
Thank you for all the work you put in here!
You’re welcome! Glad you like it here!
I like this sub, but why is it labelled Malicious in Jerboa, instead of the full name, maliciouscompliance
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Weird, it isn’t for me. Labeled as expected the app.
Weird. It was only when looking at this post or scrolling through All. When i go to the community it says Malicious Compliance
Interesting - I’m using Jerboa and it looks correct to me. Could it be an issue with viewing communities cross instance? Either way, I’m not sure why, but I just rechecked and the community name should be correct.
Thanks for creating! Feels like back in the old days!
You’re welcome, hope you like it in the lemmyverse!
