Ask a Lemmy Admin - RetroLemmy

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Welcome to Ask a Lemmy Admin ! This community is dedicated to providing a platform where you can ask questions, seek advice, and get insights directly from experienced Lemmy administrators.

Whether you’re new to Lemmy or a seasoned user, this is the place to find answers and share knowledge about managing and navigating Lemmy communities.

Privacy Matters: Do not share personal information about yourself or others. Respect privacy at all times.

Resource Sharing: Find and share resources like guides, tutorials, and best practices.

Problem Solving: Troubleshoot issues and find solutions with the help of the community.

Community Highlights:

Join the Discussion: Whether you’re curious about moderating, need help with technical issues, or want to learn about Lemmy’s latest updates, Ask a Lemmy Admin is here to help. Post your questions, share your experiences, and connect with fellow Lemmy enthusiasts.

Don’t think many will be interested but figured maybe a few people might be.

Rules

The rules may be more established as time goes on, but it’s important to have a foundation to work on.

1. Follow the rules of Lemmy.world - These rules are the same as Mastodon.world’s rules, which can be found 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.

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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3 days ago

Hello,

Isn’t !lemmy@lemmy.ml already filling this role?

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3 days ago
Doesn’t matter they don’t federate with us so yea…
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  Ah, sorry to hear, how come?
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    3 days ago
    I think Alice defederated with them