Maybe you’re looking for mastodon.
Yeah, def sounds more like a Mastadon use case.
i use mastodon for a long time now but i thought lemmy was a social network too, but now it seems more like news website that organizes news in categories.
Sounds like you figured it out.
That is still a growing aspect of Lemmy. There are a few communities that may be interesting to you, such as !Asklemmy@lemmy.ml or !Asklemmy@lemmy.world, !askmeanything@lemmy.ca, !casualconversation@lemm.ee, and probably some others. You can also find some active fandoms by searching, as well as some lifestyle communities (like !fatherverse@midwest.social)
Honestly I pretty much just use Lemmy to see the good old fashioned memes. Like everyone is saying, mastodon is the one if you want to follow people.
I use it like a forum, browsing by all sorted by "new comments."
I usually click the icon on my phone and it opens, but ymmv...
Just kidding. Click search, find a topic that interests you and hit subscribe. Then you should be able to go to your settings and make only your subscriptions show up on your landing/home page
It's simple, I use it.
Sarcasm aside, I hop on it every few days to see what new stuff Lemmy is talking about, comment a few things, then move on. Return to reply to replies, rinse and repeat for a few days until I'm in the mood to browse Lemmy again.
Casually. I poke around whatever pops up but don't take it too seriously. I usually learn about some other event that I look deeper into.
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Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.
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-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.
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If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.
Also check out:
Partnered Communities:
1.Memes
10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)
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