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New Communities
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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
Rules
The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.
1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.
A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.
B. No illegal content.
C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.
D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.
E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.
2. Include a community title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.
3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.
Formatting
Please include this following format in your post:
[link text](/c/community@instance.com)
This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't
You should also include either:
or instance.com/c/community
FAQ:
Q: Why do I get a 404?
A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.
Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?
A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.
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If people can’t be arsed enough to even get their post format correct (when it is clearly described in the post rules), they don’t deserve the free promotion.
To be fair the post rules don't explain how the ! syntax works.
[!community@instan.ce](/c/community@instan.ce)btw.That's also the only format that works across platforms.
Not sure if it works on kbin? !newcommunities
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !newcommunities@lemmy.world
Good bot
Ah, I guess it does. What about for kbin magazines? !Animemes
How do we format kbin magazine urls for Lemmy users to follow?
Gonna test this:
!Animemes
@Animemes
Animemes
Animemes
Animemes
/m/Animemes@kbin.social
/c/Animemes@kbin.social
Animemes <-- Finally found one that works from Lemmy!
[Animemes](/c/animemes@kbin.social)(Wow this is actually the format listed in the sidebar, guess I should have started with that one)Nope. :/
!Animemes
[!Animemes@kbin.social](/c/Animemes@kbin.social)Works!
Not from my end, that's what I typed. Kbin and kglitch may be on different versions?
Either that or it's an innovation on kglitch's side. Kglitch also renamed magazines to communities so as to use the same terminology as lemmy and removed the reputation system.
!Animemes@kbin.social
Works.
I see
<a href="">!Animemes</a>To be fair, if you can't figure out how the syntax works based on the clear text, and usage everywhere else in Lemmy, you shouldn't be allowed to host a community.
I wish the post rules would also include what to do for kbin.
At the moment if I'm interested in a community I often have to write the url myself.
Also I don't know how to format kbin urls for lemmy users to follow.
Lemmy community for kbin: /search?q=newcommunities@lemmy.world
Technically the actual link is /m/newcommunities@lemmy.world, but if your kbin instance has no subscribers to that community yet, you have to first find it with the first link and subscribe to it, otherwise you get a 404.
At least on kglitch.social, using
[!newcommunities@lemmy.world](/c/newcommunities@lemmy.world)seems to work like a combination of both: Searching for it when kglitch.social doesn't know about it yet, going to /m/community if kglitch.social does know about it.Thanks, I mean I wish the formula was included in the rules so people making posts would include it so I could just click.
The part I don't know is how to post a kbin community for Lemmy users.
That's easy: /c/Animemes@kbin.social for the permanent link or
[!Animemes@kbin.social](/c/Animemes@kbin.social)(the latter might only work if posted from kglitch)Basically, the exact same as for a lemmy community for lemmy users.
Thanks!
Yay maybe now thanks to you I can promote my new community!