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submitted 6 months ago by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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Hello World!

First off, better late than never: Happy Halloween!

Sorry we've been a bit quiet lately. But we love you, promises given! We're just working on a lot of things, and most of us are very busy with their daily lives lately. We'll be back with you to announce some of our projects tomorrow. <3

Lately, and gladly, here's a grand thanks to @canthidium@lemmy.world for giving us an amazing Halloween icon!

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[-] Godnroc@lemmy.world 138 points 6 months ago

Things have been working fine for me, so well done and take whatever time things take.

[-] runswithjedi@lemmy.world 52 points 6 months ago

I'll second this. I've been engaging with lots of people and it feels like a real community here.

[-] Detheroth@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago

I rarely contribute and the few interactions Ive had on Lemmy have been leagues better than anything on Reddit (or most other social media).

I find most people are here because they want the connection, not to earn internet clout. That seems to push people towards discussion, instead of the white noise I see elsewhere.

[-] FraidyBear@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Same here. I rarely contribute but have felt more inclined to do so here because when I do I usually get a response from someone that's actually wanting to contribute to the conversation. Everyone has been super respectful even with controversial topics. On most other platforms I would be lucky for anyone to even read my comment let alone take the time to reply or engage by voting. For us old ass millennials it feels like the old days of the internet back when everyone had a blog or a Tumblr for people to follow, ya know back before Tumblr became whatever the hell it is now lol.

[-] LillyPip@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

I just want to hug you all. Happy whichever holiday you’re celebrating right now. Loving all of you.

[-] bullshitter@lemmy.world 41 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Man it feels good to have no ads. Thanks Fediverse. Happy Halloween.

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Seriously reddit can be the worst in that regard especially since you can't even block sponsored content in favor for different sponsored content

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

They make the ads look as much like postings as possible too

[-] Sheeple@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That intensely annoys me. My brain tries to understand the content for a good 3 seconds until I realise "oh wait this isn't a meme, it's an ad"

[-] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

The ones that say "megathread", but comments are turned off!

[-] canthidium@lemmy.world 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Aww, thanks so much for the shout out! And thank you for the love in the comments. I hope to make many more themed icons in the future. Keep a lookout!

[-] antik@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

Great job @canthidium@lemmy.world, thank you 🫶

[-] canthidium@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Thank you!!

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 37 points 6 months ago

I still have no idea how this works

[+] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

is there a picture on what Federation does?

like how does my post on lemmy.world go to lemmy.ml

[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

You could read a long explanation, if you'd like, but the email analogy also somewhat works.

In the same way you can email someone with another email address, you can write messages on a community on another instance. They "federate" posts together.

IMO, unless you care about federation, which the average person doesn't, that's all you really need to know.

[-] shrugal@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

There is no magic, the servers just send it to each other.

So you send your post to LW, they store it and show it on their website. But they also send it to all the other Fediverse servers they are connected to (aka "federated with"), so those can also show it to their users. The same thing happens when a post is updated or deleted, or when new votes come in. The servers just send each other messages about what changed, so they can all act accordingly.

[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 4 points 6 months ago

Okay let me try to explain my confusion:

I understand subreddits, and I understand servers. I know lemmy is like multiple different servers with multiple different subreddits in each server.

What I don't understand.

What server am I in? And how does that impact my ability to interact with other servers? Should I even care about what server I'm in? Are there things currently hidden from me on Lemmy depending on which server I originally selected?

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

Hey, if I can figure out how Lemmy works, you definitely can too!

[-] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Whoa! If Barbie is on Lemmy, I think we’re doing all right.

[-] SeanMallonOfficial@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I upvoted you because of your glowing statement.

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I'll just leave this here. Explanation of Lemmy and Fediverse principles in lay-person's language.

https://lemmy.world/post/583669

[-] ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago

Proper icon mate looks bloody fab

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago

I love the Halloween lemmy. I also subscribed to the lemmy dev patreon today. Glad to support the project and seems like a better use of funds than running my own instance.

Last year I bought 3 bags of candy and ran out crazy fast. We had almost 300 kids come by. Gonna be setting up some tables soon and moving outside. No costumed halloweener left behind.

[-] SeanMallonOfficial@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

Happy belated Halloween everyone. Nothing but love for the Lemmy commuinty.

[-] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

Much love and Happy Halloween everyone!

[-] sigh@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Mood: Spooky 🎃

[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The more I look at the icon, the more confused I am by it. Is it a pumpkin head, or a pumpkin mask? The ears are sticking through and there's a cut out for the nose so I'm guessing mask, but then what the hell happened to its eye? Does the mask turn half your face evil, or did some asshole jab him in the eye?

Or...is it implied he's like a Frankenstein's monster under there, cause of the green ears?

[-] canthidium@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

lol, so it started as a pumpkin head/jack o lantern, but as I was tweaking things here and there, I wasn't liking it so I kept going back to a very simple design of the orange pumpkin head with green "stem" ears. Then someone suggested making the eyes red and white and it just looked right, so here we are, haha. Sometimes graphic design is just an accident.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Love the icon!!

[-] Allyn@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

I just joined Lemmy, looking forward to wasting a lot of time here!

[-] BigBlackCockroach@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

welcome fob lemming.

[-] 00Lemming@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Great work, team. Happy Halloween! 👻

[-] abobla@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

thanks, your platform grows with the treatment you give to us

[-] buffysummers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

That icon is super cute.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Very spooky, very cool!

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

It took me way too long to figure out why the icon was orange when I saw it.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

It's so tiny on my screen I thought it might be Halloween-themed, but wasn't completely sure.

[-] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Thanks for the update. Also, this comment is a downvoter honey pot. If you don't stop harassing me, I will start my own instance to find out who you are and report your account. Thank you.