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{{Infobox website|name=Lemmy|
!{{Infobox website|name=Lemmy|
!colspan="2" |type=Link aggregator, discussion forum
! colspan="2" |type=<small>Link aggregator,</small><small> discussion forum</small>
|founding_date=May 5 2019|founder=Dessalines|num_users=~21,000 monthly active users|url=join-lemmy.org|espoused_ideology=pro-[[Free and open-source software|FOSS]]|logo=File:Lemmy Logo.png ‎|logo_size=259x259px|screenshot=File:Lemmy frontpage 17 8 2023.png ‎|screenshot_caption=<small>Front page of lemmy.ml on August 17, 2023.</small>}}
|founding_date=<small>May 5 2019</small>|founder=<small>Dessalines</small>|num_users=<small>~21,000 monthly active users</small>|url=<small>join-lemmy.org</small>|espoused_ideology=<small>pro-[[Free and open-source software|FOSS]] </small>}}
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'''Lemmy''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] self-hosted, federated social link aggregator and discussion forum created in 2019.<ref>[https://join-lemmy.org/docs/index.html Introduction] ''join-lemmy.org'' </ref> Lemmy is comprised of a number of individual servers, or ''instances'', which collectively form what is known as the ''Lemmyverse''.<ref>[https://www.androidauthority.com/reddit-alternatives-lemmy-3335429/ Looking for a Reddit alternative? Lemmy tell you, they currently kinda suck] (June 16, 2023)  ''Android Authority''</ref><ref>[https://itsfoss.com/open-source-forum-software/ 11 Open-Source Forum Software That You Can Deploy on Your Linux Servers] ''It's FOSS''</ref> Lemmy serves as an alternative to corporatized services such as [[Reddit]]. Lemmy instances do not contain advertisements or collect user data beyond what is necessary to operate.{{Cn}}
'''Lemmy''' is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] self-hosted, federated social link aggregator and discussion forum created in 2019.<ref>[https://join-lemmy.org/docs/index.html Introduction] ''join-lemmy.org'' </ref> Lemmy is comprised of a number of individual servers, or ''instances'', which collectively form what is known as the ''Lemmyverse''.<ref>[https://www.androidauthority.com/reddit-alternatives-lemmy-3335429/ Looking for a Reddit alternative? Lemmy tell you, they currently kinda suck] (June 16, 2023)  ''Android Authority''</ref><ref>[https://itsfoss.com/open-source-forum-software/ 11 Open-Source Forum Software That You Can Deploy on Your Linux Servers] ''It's FOSS''</ref> Lemmy serves as an alternative to corporatized services such as [[Reddit]]. Lemmy instances do not contain advertisements or collect user data beyond what is necessary to operate.{{Cn}}


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Lemmy instances possess an administration team, which is able to act on the whole instance as moderators. Moderators are different from administrators in that the former can only act on their own communities, and not on the whole instance. This means also that while moderators can only ban people from their community, administrators can ban people from the whole instance.
Lemmy instances possess an administration team, which is able to act on the whole instance as moderators. Moderators are different from administrators in that the former can only act on their own communities, and not on the whole instance. This means also that while moderators can only ban people from their community, administrators can ban people from the whole instance.


==Usage==
==List of popular Lemmy instances==
Since mid-2023, Lemmy has grown radically in its number of users, largely as a result of user-hostile changes to the Reddit API around that time which prompted a large-scale "migration" of Reddit users to alternative mediums.{{Cn}}  
Since mid-2023, Lemmy has grown radically in its number of users, largely as a result of user-hostile changes to the Reddit API around that time which prompted a large-scale "migration" of Reddit users to alternative mediums.{{Cn}}The following is a list of the most popular Lemmy instances as of April 2024.<ref>[https://the-federation.info/platform/73 Lemmy] ''the-federation.info''</ref>
 
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Currently, the most popular instances of Lemmy are Lemmy.ml, Lemmy.world, Beehaw.org, and Lemmygrad.ml.<ref>[https://the-federation.info/platform/73 Lemmy] ''the-federation.info'' </ref>
|+List of popular Lemmy instances (as of April 2024)
 
!Rank
=== Notable instances ===
!Domain name
 
! Has open registration?<ref group="note">The ability for users to register accounts on an instances immediately, without having it be approved by moderators.</ref>
==== Lemmygrad.ml ====
!Total users
{{main|Lemmygrad}}
!Active users<ref group="note">Being defined in this case as users who comment, post, and perform other actions on at least a monthly basis.</ref>
'''Lemmygrad''' is a [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] and typically pro-CPC{{disputed inline}} instance of Lemmy founded in August 2019. As of February 2023, the site hosts nearly 40,000 posts and around 300 active users per month, although actual patterns of user activity vary.<ref>[https://lemmygrad.ml/ Lemmygrad.ml]</ref>
!Hosting country
 
!Special note
Lemmygrad was founded at a time when Reddit was cracking down on pro-China leftist communities as a way for people of such a stance to have their own space free of corporate rules and ownership.
|-
 
|1
Lemmygrad is "principally Marxist-Leninist" and supportive of "actually existing socialism".{{cn}} In 2022, the moderators of Lemmygrad began arbitrarily removing posts from, and banning the creator of, the [[Ba'athism|Ba'athist]] community on the platform for simply expressing criticism of [[Dengism]] in their community.<ref>[https://lemmygrad.ml/modlog Modlog] ''Lemmygrad''</ref>{{bsn|reason=Need permanent link to specific edits or post linking to edits, along with explanation of biased nature of edits.}}
| lemmy.world
 
| Yes
|154955
|13825
|?
|
|-
|2
| lemmy.ml
|Yes
|47955
| 2080
| [[France|FRA]]
|The original Lemmy Instance. Currently moderated by
Lemmy developer Dessalines.
|-
|3
| beehaw.org
|Yes
|13080
|1086
|[[United States of America|USA]]
|
|-
|4
| lemm.ee
|Yes
|23749
|2836
|?
|
|-
|5
|sh.itjust.works
|Yes
|23890
|1914
|[[The Netherlands|NET]]  
|
|-
|6
|feddit.de
|Yes
| 10585
|1700
|[[Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present)|GER]]
|
|-
|7
|lemmynsfw.com
|No
|
|
|
|Contains obscene and other explicit content.  
|}
== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Mastodon]]
*[[Mastodon]]
*[[Peertube]]
*[[Peertube]]
== External links ==
* [https://lemmy.ml/c/leftypedia Leftypedia community on lemmy.ml]


==References==
==References==
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<references />
=== Notes ===
<references group="note" />
<references group="note" />


Latest revision as of 23:38, 8 April 2024

Lemmy
Lemmy Logo.png
Lemmy frontpage 17 8 2023.png
Front page of lemmy.ml on August 17, 2023.
Type Link aggregator, discussion forum
Founded May 5 2019
Founder Dessalines
Users ~21,000 monthly active users
Espoused ideology pro-FOSS
URL join-lemmy.org

Lemmy is a free and open-source self-hosted, federated social link aggregator and discussion forum created in 2019.[1] Lemmy is comprised of a number of individual servers, or instances, which collectively form what is known as the Lemmyverse.[2][3] Lemmy serves as an alternative to corporatized services such as Reddit. Lemmy instances do not contain advertisements or collect user data beyond what is necessary to operate.[citation needed]

Functioning

Federation

Lemmy is compatible with ActivityPub which is a federation protocol used by many other projects (such as Mastodon or Peertube). Websites powered by Lemmy are known as instances.

This means that it is possible to interact with other instances which run Lemmy or, since an update in 2021, even with a Mastodon or Peertube user, all from one's home instance, which is the instance they created their account on. This is similar to phone calls, where it is possible to call someone that does not have a contract with your phone company.

Each Lemmy instance comes with an empty blacklist by default, which allows them to block other instances from interacting with them.

Communities

As a link aggregator, Lemmy functions similarly to Reddit with communities in which people can post text or pictures (or both at the same time). Other users can then comment in those posts, which become threads (similar to forums).

Users

Similar to Reddit, users have the ability create accounts. Depending on the instance, however, one may have to submit an application and have it manually approved by moderators in order to have an account registered.

Once their account is created, users can subscribe to a community so that posts from that community will appear in their Subscribed view.

There are three views:

  • Subscribed, which shows communities one is subscribed to (including federated communities on other instances),
  • Local, which shows all communities from the instance one is on, and
  • All, which acts like Local but additionally shows all communities from all federated instances

Users are able to create communities on their home instance and become its moderator.

Administration and moderation

Lemmy instances possess an administration team, which is able to act on the whole instance as moderators. Moderators are different from administrators in that the former can only act on their own communities, and not on the whole instance. This means also that while moderators can only ban people from their community, administrators can ban people from the whole instance.

List of popular Lemmy instances

Since mid-2023, Lemmy has grown radically in its number of users, largely as a result of user-hostile changes to the Reddit API around that time which prompted a large-scale "migration" of Reddit users to alternative mediums.[citation needed]The following is a list of the most popular Lemmy instances as of April 2024.[4]

List of popular Lemmy instances (as of April 2024)
Rank Domain name Has open registration?[note 1] Total users Active users[note 2] Hosting country Special note
1 lemmy.world Yes 154955 13825 ?
2 lemmy.ml Yes 47955 2080 FRA The original Lemmy Instance. Currently moderated by

Lemmy developer Dessalines.

3 beehaw.org Yes 13080 1086 USA
4 lemm.ee Yes 23749 2836 ?
5 sh.itjust.works Yes 23890 1914 NET
6 feddit.de Yes 10585 1700 GER
7 lemmynsfw.com No Contains obscene and other explicit content.

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Introduction join-lemmy.org
  2. ↑ Looking for a Reddit alternative? Lemmy tell you, they currently kinda suck (June 16, 2023) Android Authority
  3. ↑ 11 Open-Source Forum Software That You Can Deploy on Your Linux Servers It's FOSS
  4. ↑ Lemmy the-federation.info

Notes

  1. ↑ The ability for users to register accounts on an instances immediately, without having it be approved by moderators.
  2. ↑ Being defined in this case as users who comment, post, and perform other actions on at least a monthly basis.
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