(Reminder: if you have shared the original version in a public post with an old version up, replacing it with this one might be more helpful.)

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly. I chose to handwrite the text to avoid font copyright infringement.

Feel free to share this poster as you wish, especially on Reddit. All I ask is that you respect the license and don’t remove my socials at the bottom. If anyone’s addition is included, I’ll credit them, and if this gets added onto (or translated) by someone else later, they can add their info as well.

I hope someone can find it useful with the subreddit blackouts right around the corner.

I want to thank the Beehaw admins so much for their amazing work!

(Poster edited; I spotted a duplicated word, mrmanager@lemmy.today noted the lack of whitespace; current version is slightly larger and has been spaced out. You can still request the 800x2000 size, but know it is a little squished.)

(Edit 2: Removed defederation part as it’s not really required. The email analogy blackcoffee@beehaw.org suggested has been added, thanks!)

(Edit 3: Here’s another version making the interconnectivity a bit clearer and mentioning some cool-looking reader apps that have been suggested! Also made the image slightly longer for ease of viewing. I might do some small cosmetic changes tomorrow)

(Edit 4 is here with the date updated towards the bottom. This version contains a reminder to verify your email, lets people know why mlem isn’t showing up on App Store searches, and added fedia.io to Kbin instances. Some colors have been changed slightly to be more mobile friendly, as this is written and edited from a phone tablet. If you have a hard time reading this because of the changes, please let me know. Thank you all for the help and tips!)

  • OmegaMouse@feddit.ukEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Can someone clarify for me - can I ‘add’ a kbin community to the Lemmy instance I’m on in the same way as any other community? For the first time I’d need to type !news@kbin.social for example (if no-one else had already added that community in my instance)? I ask because I tried to do that, and it doesn’t come up under the listed communities. But maybe that’s because kbin is overloaded?

    • azdleAEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yep. You just need to search that exact example (or just the URL) and it should pop up a little link where you can view that community from your local instance, which’ll have a subscribe button.

      You might have tried it while kbin.social’s federation was broken from being behind cloudflare for awhile.

      • Captain Apathetic@lemmy.captainapathetic.cfdEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        On my self-hosted instance since communities need to be searched first before they show up I tried using the normal Lemmy format for kbin but noticed for the first time you must format it like this: kbin.social/m/*magazine* (or whatever kbin instance if not that one). Even if not self-hosting this can apply to kbin mags that are fairly niche/new and may have to do that for it to show up especially on smaller instances

        • azdleAEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Strange. I was just able to search for !gaming@kbin.social and it showed up in the search and I was able to click through and subscribe. This is on my self-hosted instance that has never viewed or had any accounts subscribe to any communities on kbin.social yet. Though I’ve definitely had plenty of my own other weirdness as the server chugs through a whole bunch of subscriptions that I just moved over. 🤷

  • CosmicGiraffe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I wouldn’t bother with the concept of de-federation in a beginners guide. One of the most confusing bits of the fediverse to new users is picking a server. For most users, the one they pick doesn’t really matter, but talking about defederation makes it sound like a really important choice.

  • mrmanager@lemmy.todayEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Needs a bit more whitespace to not be a wall of text in my opinion. But looks good in general!

  • Deemo@bookwormstory.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Quick question is there normally a long federation delay between kbin and Lemmy?

    For example while making a post/comment may be instantaneous, I noticed when using the edit feature for comment title there is a massive delay (6+ hrs sync delay for title change).

    Curious is this common or more of a one off