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The last week or so we have seen quite a big ‘boost’ in the amount of new users signing up so we thought it would be a good time to highlight some things that are of interest to new users.

CODE OF CONDUCT

Lemmy World is not a free speech instance, there are a couple of ground rules that need to be followed. If you’re new, I would advise you to read our Code of Conduct.

NEW USER QUESTIONS

If you are new to the fediverse as a whole, it might all be a bit overwhelming. What is Lemmy? What is federation? What even is an instance? For those questions I would suggest you have a look at the getting starting guide. It should cover most of your questions.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

You can head over to the [email protected] community. This community should be used for questions regarding Lemmy World and is not the support community for the Lemmy software this site uses.

Our Admin @quinten recently made a post covering the most recurring questions there too. Read about that here.

ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACES

Lemmy World hosts a few custom User Interfaces which give you a completely different experience both on the desktop as on mobile.

THIRD PARTY APPS

There are a lot of Third Party apps available for Lemmy. From Paid to Open Source, you will find something that suits you easily.

For a complete list of apps have a look at https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ (Thanks [email protected]).

EDIT: Updated the apps list. Also some more interesting links in @[email protected]’s post here: https://lemmy.world/comment/3962001

EDIT 2: Instead of https://photon.lemmy.world you can now just go to https://p.lemmy.world. You can thank @[email protected] laziness for that.

  • Clerkle@lemmy.world
    12·
    1 year ago

    . . . I did get an private message . . .

    Correction: . . . I did get a private message . . .

    I see this grammatical error frequently enough to realize this is likely being wrongfully taught as proper English on a large scale.

    Here’s the grammar rule with an:
    Use an to introduce words that identify a single thing that is pronounced to sound like it begins with a vowel. Otherwise, use a to introduce a single thing that is pronounced to sound like it begins with a consonant.

    Reference:
    https://www.grammar.com/a-vs-an-when-to-use/

    My guess is the incorrect grammar is probably being taught in the same ESL models teaching people to inject questions into noninquisitive statements (ie. “They don’t know what is proper English grammar” — which can be better phrased as “They don’t know what proper English grammar is” but more correctly as “They don’t know proper English grammar.”)

    Anyone who is educated in English enough to be able to standardize an ESL model is aware that those uses I exampled are grammatically incorrect, so it’s my guess there’s some deliberate oppression designed into those language learning models to distinguish foreign English learners as linguistically inferior instead of as potentially native.

            • u/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.world
              11·
              1 year ago

              What the hell? If you suspect that I’m an language learning model or any other technical gizmos for whatever reason then why don’t you search through my posts and comments

              punctuation and grammar isn’t my strongsuit although I’m trying to improve it so any tips and tricks would be nice I’m also using the jerboa app on android and I’m not the best at typing on my phone

              • Clerkle@lemmy.world
                11·
                1 year ago

                … an language learning model …

                Oops, you did it again — and immediately after provision of a thorough and simplified clarification. Where’s the mindful retention, especially in someone imaginably mindful enough to divert — through extensive reading — from mainstream social media into a deeply niche, text- and reading-based Lemmy alternative to Reddit? Furthermore, what in the world is England teaching in their English classes if not the correct uses of ‘a’ and ‘an’? This is concerning.
                I hope this is an age issue. Please tell me you’re a pot-smoking tween and not any level of graduate.

                … tips and tricks …

                Hmm, a YouTube addict, I suspect; maybe not so much of a reader.

                • u/unhappy_grapefruit_2@lemmy.world
                  11·
                  1 year ago

                  I do read admittedly not often enough I’m currently reading Lord of the flies by William Golding I wouldn’t mind picking up the john byne variant of I have no mouth and I must scream as said grammar isn’t my strongsuit