OK, I apologize for my tone. I’m not here to criticize you. I am legitimately interested in helping:
All of those things you mentioned? Do all of that. Focus on your local feed, check out comments that originate from your instance. That’s how you will get a good feel for those who subscribed to your instance.
And, as others have mentioned, you can sign up to any instance and still interact, however, you are still beholden to the rules of rest of Lemmy. Follow the rules of whatever community you’re commenting or posting in, sure, but, aside from the instances that are defederated, you can interact, post, comment, vote, whatever, regardless of your home instance. It’s just that a lot of people take particular care in choosing their home instance, and they choose a home instance that sociopolitically aligns with their own views.
This is neither necessary, nor demanded from the vast majority of Lemmy users, but it is good practice. It’s just how Lemmy was designed, and if you’re not interested in doing that, fine.
Like any other online interaction forum, what really matters is the quality of your posts and or comments.
It’s all good, I appreciate it. I’ve been approaching Lemmy as a reddit alternative, so I’m still learning about how to explore the fediverse. I’ll review instances more critically, thank you.
OK, I apologize for my tone. I’m not here to criticize you. I am legitimately interested in helping:
All of those things you mentioned? Do all of that. Focus on your local feed, check out comments that originate from your instance. That’s how you will get a good feel for those who subscribed to your instance.
And, as others have mentioned, you can sign up to any instance and still interact, however, you are still beholden to the rules of rest of Lemmy. Follow the rules of whatever community you’re commenting or posting in, sure, but, aside from the instances that are defederated, you can interact, post, comment, vote, whatever, regardless of your home instance. It’s just that a lot of people take particular care in choosing their home instance, and they choose a home instance that sociopolitically aligns with their own views.
This is neither necessary, nor demanded from the vast majority of Lemmy users, but it is good practice. It’s just how Lemmy was designed, and if you’re not interested in doing that, fine.
Like any other online interaction forum, what really matters is the quality of your posts and or comments.
Edited: spells and grams
It’s all good, I appreciate it. I’ve been approaching Lemmy as a reddit alternative, so I’m still learning about how to explore the fediverse. I’ll review instances more critically, thank you.