Reddit Website now Forcing Account Creation like the App - Lemmy.World
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Going by comments in the post, the required login is coming in waves, so not all people may notice immediately.

Still, as Reddit is strong-arming its way across, maybe worth signaling to people there that the fediverse may be used without an account, so long as there’s even one instance that implements logged-out view as the protocol allows it?

I don’t have access to my account any longer, possibly VPN ban, though I never tried to recover it so I can only guess why mine is lost, else I’d post myself.

  • mangobanana@discuss.onlineEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    The only thing that’s confusing to me, is like there is not a pottery group on here but I have no idea how to make one. I tried to figure it out I have no idea how to make an instance or anything.

    • oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      You don’t need to create an instance (requires server administration skills), just a community (requires a few clicks). On the top right menu, there should be a create community entry.

      • mangobanana@discuss.onlineEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        THANK YOU! I did look but I don’t understand the fediverse at all. The instances are confusing. Like I joined discuss.online but is that the same as lemmy? Idk I think Reddit has so many users because it’s easy and clear to use

        • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          I joined discuss.online but is that the same as lemmy?

          yes that’s a part of Lemmy, that’s all you need

          I don’t understand the fediverse at all. The instances are confusing.

          It’s kinda like email. Think of it like you’re on Gmail, I’m on Yahoo Mail, and the pottery community is on MSN. We can all talk to each other because we do like @mangobanana@gmail.com (in reality you’re at discuss.online) and @die4ever@yahoo.com (I’m at retrolemmy.com). Usernames start with an @ like Twitter, community names start with an !

          So when you do a “Local” search you only see stuff from “Gmail” like yourself, but usually you want to search “All” not “Local”.

          For viewing posts on my feed I prefer “Subscribed”, this can be set as your default in your settings page.

          have you tried an app on your phone? they can be a bit simpler to use than the website https://join-lemmy.org/apps

          here’s another community that might help [email protected]