Hello all, eviltoast.org has been upgraded to the latest lemmy and lemmy-ui releases (0.19.2). We held off on the 0.19.0 and 0.19.1 releases due to some federation issues they had. These appear to be resolved with 0.19.2. Release notes are below, but please reach out if you run into any issues! **Important note**: There were changes to how auth works in lemmy. Some mobile clients (like liftoff) may no longer work. And on the browser, you may have to clear your cookies for eviltoast.org if you aren't able to log in. Thanks! [2024-01-10 - Lemmy Release v0.19.2 - More Federation Fixes](https://join-lemmy.org/news/2024-01-10_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.2_-_More_Federation_Fixes) > ## Major Changes > > - Outgoing federation bug fixes. > - Lemmy can now receive reports sent from Mastodon and Kbin. > - Added the ability for admins to view votes, to prevent downvote trolling. [Demo](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/2303). [#4088](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4088) > - Various bug fixes and minor enhancements. [2023-12-20 - Lemmy Release v0.19.1 - Outgoing Federation fix](https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-12-20_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.1_-_Outgoing_Federation_fix) > ## Major Changes > > 0.19.0 has a critical bug where sending outgoing activities can stop working. The bug is fixed in this version. It also fixes the “hide read posts” user setting, fixes a problem with invalid comment paths, and another fix for private message reports. [2023-12-15 - Lemmy Release v0.19.0 - Instance blocking, Scaled sort, and Federation Queue](https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-12-15_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.0_-_Instance_blocking,_Scaled_sort,_and_Federation_Queue) > ## Major Changes > > This release is very large with [almost 400 commits since 0.18.5](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/compare/0.18.5...main). As such we can only give a general overview of the major changes in this post, and without going into detail. For more information, read the full changelog and linked issues at the bottom of this post. > > ### Improved Post Ranking > > There is a new [scaled sort](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3907) which takes into account the number of active users in a community, and boosts posts from less-active communities to the top. Additionally there is a new [controversial sort](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3205) which brings posts and comments to the top that have similar amounts of upvotes and downvotes. Lemmy’s sorts are detailed [here](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/03-votes-and-ranking.html). > > ### Instance Blocks for Users > > Users can now [block instances](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3869). Similar to community blocks, it means that any posts from communities which are hosted on that instance are hidden. However the block doesn’t affect users from the blocked instance, their posts and comments can still be seen normally in other communities. > > ### Two-Factor-Auth Rework > > Previously 2FA was enabled in a single step which made it easy to lock yourself out. This is now fixed by [using a two-step process](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3959), where the secret is generated first, and then 2FA is enabled by entering a valid 2FA token. It also fixes the problem where 2FA can be disabled without passing any 2FA token. As part of this change, 2FA is disabled for all users. This allows users who are locked out to get into their account again. > > ### New Federation Queue > > Outgoing federation actions are processed through a [new persistent queue](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3605). This means that actions don’t get lost if Lemmy is restarted. It is also much more performant, with separate senders for each target instance. This avoids problems when instances are unreachable. Additionally it supports horizontal scaling across different servers. The endpoint `/api/v3/federated_instances` contains [details about federation state](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4104) of each remote instance. > > ### Remote Follow > > Another new feature is [support for remote follow](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/1875). When browsing another instance where you don’t have an account, you can click the subscribe button and enter the domain of your home instance in the popup dialog. It will automatically redirect you to your home instance where it fetches the community and presents a subscribe button. [Here is a video showing how it works](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/1875#issuecomment-1727790414). > > ### Authentication via Header or Cookie > > Previous Lemmy versions used to send authentication tokens as part of the parameters. This was a leftover from websocket, which doesn’t have any separate fields for this purpose. Now that we are using HTTP, [authentication can finally be passed via `jwt` cookie or via header](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3725) `Authorization: Bearer <jwt>`. The old authentication method is not supported anymore to simplify maintenance. A major benefit of this change is that Lemmy can now send cache-control headers depending on authentication state. API responses with login have `cache-control: private`, those without have `cache-control: public, max-age=60`. This means that [responses can be cached in Nginx](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible/issues/195) which reduces server load. > > ### Moderation > > Reports are now [resolved automatically](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3871) when the associated post/comment is marked as deleted. This reduces the amount of work for moderators. There is a new [log for image uploads](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3927) which stores uploader. For now it is used to delete all user uploads when an account is purged. Later the list can be used for other purposes and made available through the API. > > ### Cursor based pagination > > `0.19` adds support for [cursor based pagination](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3872) on the `/api/v3/post/list` endpoint. This is more efficient for the database. Instead of a query parameter `?page=3`, listing responses now include a field `"next_page": "Pa46c"` which needs to be passed as `?page_cursor=Pa46c`. The existing pagination method is still supported for backwards compatibility, but will be removed in the next version. > > ### User data export/import > > Users can now [export their data](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3976) (community follows, blocklists, profile settings), and import it again on another instance. This can be used for account migrations and also as a form of backup. The export format is designed to remain unchanged for a long time. You can make regular exports, and if the instance becomes unavailable, register a new account and import the data. This way you can continue using Lemmy seamlessly. > > ### Time zone handling > > Lemmy didn’t have any support for timezones, which led to bugs when federating with other platforms. This is now [fixed by using UTC timezone for all timestamps](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3496). > > ### ARM64 Support > > Thanks to help from @raskyld and @kroese, there are now offical Lemmy releases for ARM64 available. > > ### Activity now includes voters > > - Previously, site and community activity counts were only based on people who commented, or posted. [Those counts now include anyone who voted on a comment or post as well.](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4235) Thanks to @Ategon for this change.

I'm new here, and I was wondering if there is a plan to update to Lemmy 19.0 to get all the new features?

Related post: https://eviltoast.org/post/833202 The current plan is to entirely defederate from Meta's Threads. Does anyone on eviltoast.org (or anyone who uses it for browsing) have any objections to defederating from Threads? A few of the reasons to defederate: - Exponentially more users compared to the current lemmyverse - Expected reduction in quality of content, but dramatic increase in quantity - Federation Traffic from Threads may overwhelm smaller instances, including ours - Lemmy still has a lack of good mod tools - Future possibility of "Embrace, extend, and extinguish" whether intentional or not - Many people view lemmy and other federated platforms as a way to get away from giant coorporations IMO the biggest reason to defederate is the amount of users and content that will be added to the network, I don't think Lemmy/Mastodon/etc as a whole is prepared for that yet. **Edit 2023-12-22**: threads.net is now on the blocked list. Please do leave a comment if you disagree with this decision!

Hello! Apologies for the lack of updates. I just wanted to put up a quick message about this instance. Over the past month or so, there have been times where the site appeared either slow or altogether unresponsive. Lemmy itself was always running but external monitoring tools would report brief outages and clients would be unable to connect. Usually only for a few seconds at a time. This ended up being caused by stale DNS records. The infrastructure eviltoast.org is hosted on has multiple public-facing servers which act as load balancers for eviltoast and several other services. Occasionally the load balancers are moved to other servers and the DNS that points to them should get updated automatically. At some point in the last month or so, the script that updates the DNS added the new records but never deleted the old ones. So depending on which server was used, the instance could appear unresponsive. This script is fixed now and I tested a couple updates to make sure the same issue doesn't happen again. I'll work on improving the external monitoring and maybe setting up a public status page as well. For reference, all of these red lines are brief "outages" and you can see when the issue was fixed.  Due to personal reasons (getting married and going on vacation), I didn't really have time to dig into this until recently, so sorry for the delay in getting it fixed and hopefully it didn't cause too much frustration for anyone.

There's been a lot of talk related to lemmy.world banning certain communities recently. It made me realize there's nothing explicitly saying "don't do anything illegal" here, and spurred a couple updates: - **Guidelines**: Added two new items, one basically saying not to do anything illegal and the other a reminder that content is federated and public. Specifically these two new points: - **Don't spread the illegal jams** - Ensure content adheres to the law and doesn't endanger the community. - **Public Toasting Grounds** - Remember, everything you post is as public as a toast popping up! Content is shared with other instances, so once it's out, consider it part of the digital breakfast table forever. - **Disclaimer**: We've made some tweaks to the wording on [our legal page](https://eviltoast.org/legal) for clarity around content responsibility and liability. The core message remains the same. To reiterate, this update doesn't indicate any impending actions to block or defederate with anyone. It's more about being proactive and ensuring we have a framework in place to protect our community. Rest assured, barring emergencies, evident malicious intent, or harm to our users, we don't intend to defederate from instances without proper notification and dialogue. Please feel free to message me directly or comment here if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

eviltoast.org has been upgraded to lemmy and lemmy-ui 0.18.4. Release notes copied below. [Lemmy Release v0.18.4](https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-08-08_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.18.4) > ## Changes > > ### Lemmy > > - Fix fetch instance software version from nodeinfo ([#3772](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3772)) > - Correct logic to meet join-lemmy requirement, don’t have closed signups. Allows Open and Applications. ([#3761](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3761)) > - Fix ordering when doing a comment\_parent type `list_comments` ([#3823](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3823)) > > ### Lemmy-UI > > - Mark post as read when clicking “Expand here” on the preview image on the post listing page ([#1600](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1600)) ([#1978](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1978)) > - Update translation submodule ([#2023](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2023)) > - Fix comment insertion from context views. Fixes #2030 ([#2031](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2031)) > - Fix password autocomplete ([#2033](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2033)) > - Fix suggested title "&nbsp;" spaces ([#2037](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2037)) > - Expanded the RegEx to check if the title contains new line caracters. Should fix issue #1962 ([#1965](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1965)) > - ES-Lint tweak ([#2001](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2001)) > - Upgrading deps, running prettier. ([#1987](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1987)) > - Fix document title of admin settings being overwritten by tagline and emoji forms ([#2003](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2003)) > - Use proper modifier key in markdown text input on macOS ([#1995](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1995))

I just wanted to say that I like this instance. It feels calm, cool, and collected. There is no BS happening here. From what I can see, no one has defederated from us and we have not defederated from anyone else. The rules for the Instance look reasonable. Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for keeping it nice here :-).

eviltoast.org has been upgraded to lemmy and lemmy-ui 0.18.3. For 0.18.1 and 0.18.2 we were using a custom patched build to fix some security issues, but now we are back on the officially released builds. This release has a few performance improvements too. Release notes copied below. [lemmy/RELEASES.md at main · LemmyNet/lemmy](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/RELEASES.md) > [](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/main/RELEASES.md#changes) > > ## Changes > > ### Lemmy > > - Restore markdown quotes after sanitize ([#3708](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3708)) ([#3749](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3749)) > - remove performance-problematic and buggy duplicate site aggregates ([#3732](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3732)) > - remove n^2 part of person triggers, improve community aggregate trigger ([#3739](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3739)) > - Revert "Add controversial ranking ([#3205](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3205))" > - Omit local instance from federated instances list ([#3712](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3712)) > - add trigram index to search ([#3719](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3719)) > - Federation tests replication round1 - demonstrate absent replication of comment deletes ([#3657](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3657)) > - Make resolve\_object not require auth [#3685](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3685) ([#3716](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3716)) > - Sanitize html ([#3708](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3708)) > - Add controversial ranking ([#3205](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3205)) > - Skip fragile API tests ([#3723](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3723)) > - Enable gzip for reqwest ([#3696](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3696)) > - Dont authenticate user after successful password reset [#3714](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3714) ([#3715](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3715)) > - Bump version of dependency "webmention" ([#3711](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3711)) > - prevent ordering by comment path without post filter ([#3717](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3717)) > - Update Dockerfile to run process as non-privileged user. ([#3709](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3709)) > - Dont show removed comments to unauthenticated users (release branch) ([#3689](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3689)) > - Add dev profile to strip symbols and disable debug info (ref [#3610](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3610)) ([#3611](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3611)) > - Dont publish releases to crates.io (fixes [#3272](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3272)) ([#3664](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3664)) > - Change logic for determining comment default language (fixes [#3451](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3451)) ([#3672](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3672)) > - Post remove delete federation outbound fix0 ([#3613](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3613)) > - disable rustfmt feature on rosetta-build ([#3679](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3679)) > - Make sure comments are sorted by hot\_rank, then score. ([#3667](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3667)) > - Ignore errors when fetching community mods (fixes [#3460](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3460)) ([#3674](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3674)) > - Upgrade activitypub library to 0.4.6 (fixes [#3222](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3222)) ([#3675](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3675)) > - Denormalize community\_id into post\_aggregates for a 1000x speed-up when loading posts ([#3653](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3653)) > - Fixing hot\_ranks and scores to append a published sort. ([#3618](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3618)) > - Use local\_site.default\_post\_listing\_type as the initial default listing type for new users ([#3666](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3666)) > - Don't panic when scheduled tasks can't connect to database ([#3634](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3634)) > - Add http cache for webfingers ([#3317](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3317)) > - Optimize hot rank updates ([#3617](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3617)) > - Split activity table into sent and received parts (fixes [#3103](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3103)) ([#3583](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3583)) > - work around race condition on community fetch ([#3414](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3414)) > - Make `lemmy_api_common` wasm-compatible ([#3587](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3587)) > - Check for dead federated instances (fixes [#2221](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2221)) ([#3427](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3427)) > - Fix wrong SMTP port when TLS is being used (fixes [#3574](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3574)) ([#3607](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3607)) > - Add infinite scroll user option ([#3572](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3572)) > - Shrink capacity in `RateLimitStorage::remove_older_than` ([#3536](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3536)) > - Fix [#3501](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3501) - Fix aggregation counts for elements removed and deleted ([#3543](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3543)) > > ### Lemmy-UI > > - Fixing comment report showing dot. ([#1989](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1989)) > - Make sure comment score color matches your vote. ([#1988](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1988)) > - Allow limited set of markdown in title rendering ([#1977](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1977)) > - Allow selecting from all languages in person settings (fixes [#1971](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1971)) ([#1985](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1985)) > - Separate final comment row + add classes ([#1982](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1982)) > - Fix CSP in dev mode ([#1918](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1918)) > - Fix base.output (see [#1911](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1911)) ([#1943](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1943)) > - Add show/hide button to password fields ([#1861](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1861)) > - Fix start\_url and scope ([#1931](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1931)) > - Remove lodash.merge dependency ([#1911](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1911)) > - Set person\_id to myId in handleLeaveModTeam ([#1929](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1929)) > - Remove invalid default option from language list ([#1919](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1919)) > - Comment border tweak ([#1820](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1820)) > - Add Toast Messages for Bad Logins ([#1874](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1874))

eviltoast.org is now discovering new communities automatically as long as they meet these criteria: - At least 15 subscribers - At least ~~50~~ 20 comments - At least ~~50~~ 20 posts This means any remote community that matches the above criteria should show up when searching for communities. I'm hoping this will help with discovering useful communities without needing 3rd party tools. Due to the way lemmy works, the above communities are only "discovered" and we will not start getting federated posts/comments/updates for them until at least one account subscribes to the community. In addition to the above criteria, any remote communities with over ~~500~~ 100 active subscribers in the last month will also automatically be followed by a bot account. These changes are already in place. After a few days, the above numbers might get changed to start pulling in more communities. [https://lemmyverse.net](https://lemmyverse.net) is the source being used for filtering remote communities. **Update 2023-08-06**: Reduced the requirements to 20 comments, 20 posts, and 100 active users.

eviltoast.org has been upgraded to lemmy and lemmy-ui 0.18.1. Release notes copied below. [Release v0.18.1 Release · LemmyNet/lemmy · GitHub](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases/tag/0.18.1) > ## What's Changed > > - Remove `actix_rt` & use standard tokio spawn by [@cetra3](https://github.com/cetra3) in [#3158](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3158) > - Add TLS support for diesel-async database connections by [@sunaurus](https://github.com/sunaurus) in [#3189](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3189) > - after 30 days, replace comment.content and post.body with 'Deleted' by [@vijaykramesh](https://github.com/vijaykramesh) in [#3208](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3208) > - Add separate Post check for is\_valid\_body_field by [@Neshura87](https://github.com/Neshura87) in [#3263](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3263) > - feat: allow all admins to purge content by [@TKilFree](https://github.com/TKilFree) in [#3271](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3271) > - Update DB local_user.theme type to text by [@scme0](https://github.com/scme0) in [#3266](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3266) > - Allow wildcard imports in schema.rs by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3293](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3293) > - Leave no apk cache in Docker image by [@PeterDaveHello](https://github.com/PeterDaveHello) in [#3327](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3327) > - Fix lemmy UI environment variable in docker-compose.yml by [@aman207](https://github.com/aman207) in [#3299](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3299) > - Respond with `Content-Type: application/activity+json` by [@perillamint](https://github.com/perillamint) in [#3353](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3353) > - Add Liftoff to README.md by [@wiki-me](https://github.com/wiki-me) in [#3357](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3357) > - Adjust the config check to be a separate faster to compile binary by [@cetra3](https://github.com/cetra3) in [#3313](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3313) > - Compress API responses by [@dullbananas](https://github.com/dullbananas) in [#3343](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3343) > - Site Metadata: resolve relative URLs for embedded images/videos by [@orottier](https://github.com/orottier) in [#3338](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3338) > - Item URL should point to post URL by [@simmel](https://github.com/simmel) in [#3345](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3345) > - Remove networks from docker-compose.yml by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3356](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3356) > - Fetch community outbox and moderators in parallel by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3360](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3360) > - Feature add three six and nine months options backend by [@c-andy-candies](https://github.com/c-andy-candies) in [#3226](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3226) > - Hot rank update batching + deadlock avoidance by [@sunaurus](https://github.com/sunaurus) in [#3175](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3175) > - Fixing the release script. by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3295](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3295) > - Limit password resets by [@sunaurus](https://github.com/sunaurus) in [#3344](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3344) > - feat: re-added captcha checks by [@TKilFree](https://github.com/TKilFree) in [#3289](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3289) > - Add "show_nsfw" to the Community API. by [@tgxn](https://github.com/tgxn) in [#3363](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3363) > - Fixes [#2900](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2900) \- Checks slur regex to see if it is too permissive by [@ninanator](https://github.com/ninanator) in [#3146](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3146) > - Run cargo update as part of release script by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3369](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3369) > - Remove redundant calls to `Iterator::collect` by [@dullbananas](https://github.com/dullbananas) in [#3365](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3365) > - docs(api): Add api-common info on generating TypeScript bindings by [@Kissaki](https://github.com/Kissaki) in [#3330](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3330) > - Fix missing sorting types by [@c-andy-candies](https://github.com/c-andy-candies) in [#3370](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3370) > - Fix cargo warnings by [@sunaurus](https://github.com/sunaurus) in [#3397](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3397) > - Update activitypub-federation crate to 0.4.5 (fixes signature expiration) by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3379](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3379) > - Added gitattributes to normalize all files to lf by [@njshockey](https://github.com/njshockey) in [#3386](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3386) > - Fixing release script. by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3398](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3398) > - Automatically manage database when running scripts/test.sh by [@dullbananas](https://github.com/dullbananas) in [#3389](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3389) > - Fix concatenation of audio captcha wav files by [@minorninth](https://github.com/minorninth) in [#3350](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3350) > - Update federated posts to not cache sensitive images if not allow by local site by [@lemmus-org](https://github.com/lemmus-org) in [#3253](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3253) > - Improve errors / debugging by not stripping, log trace if requested by [@phiresky](https://github.com/phiresky) in [#3425](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3425) > - Fix: added missing quotes to max-file in docker-compose.yml by [@drumlinish](https://github.com/drumlinish) in [#3442](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3442) > - Remove PerformApub trait by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3423](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3423) > - Mark follow as pending when subscribing to remote community (fixes [#3384](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3384)) by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3406](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3406) > - Use serde(skip) instead of skip_serializing, add placeholder values by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3362](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3362) > - Add awesome-lemmy to LemmyNet? by [@dbeley](https://github.com/dbeley) in [#3413](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3413) > - Fix awesome-lemmy owner by [@dbeley](https://github.com/dbeley) in [#3469](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3469) > - Add Open links in new tab setting by [@Dogeek](https://github.com/Dogeek) in [#3318](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3318) > - Dont compare db string errors (fixes [#1393](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1393)) by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3424](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3424) > - Adding rest of community sorts. Fixes [#3374](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3374) by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3376](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3376) > - Remove excessive content_type header configuration by [@perillamint](https://github.com/perillamint) in [#3470](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3470) > - Do not decrement comment score twice when removing then deleting. by [@JPMoresmau](https://github.com/JPMoresmau) in [#3196](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3196) > - 300 comment limit. by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3306](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3306) > - Remove not needed anymore http-signature-normalization-actix dependency by [@pijuszczyk](https://github.com/pijuszczyk) in [#3458](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3458) > - Fixing clippy. by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3471](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3471) > - Improved validation of display names (Fixes [#3436](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3436)) by [@Josephos](https://github.com/Josephos) in [#3437](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3437) > - fix(posts): return error on invalid community name by [@Dhawos](https://github.com/Dhawos) in [#3418](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3418) > - Add feature for enabling json logging by [@lemmus-org](https://github.com/lemmus-org) in [#3462](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3462) > - Adding a person.admin index, and featured_local/community indexes. by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3479](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3479) > - Add Prometheus endpoint and metrics by [@andybug](https://github.com/andybug) in [#3456](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3456) > - Cache federation blocklist by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3486](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3486) > - improve performance of community followers inbox query by [@phiresky](https://github.com/phiresky) in [#3482](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3482) > - upgrade markdown-it to fix panic by [@phiresky](https://github.com/phiresky) in [#3490](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3490) > - Use fixed prettier version for CI by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3507](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3507) > - Fixes wrong community moderator ordering. by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3495](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3495) > - Make sure hot rank sorts for post and community filter by positive hot ranks. by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3497](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3497) > - Allow cross-origin requests by [@diamondburned](https://github.com/diamondburned) in [#3421](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3421) > - Change security contact mail by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3506](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3506) > - Only allow http(s) scheme for urls (ref [#3505](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3505)) by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3508](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3508) > - improve admin and mod check to not do seq scans and return unnecessary data by [@phiresky](https://github.com/phiresky) in [#3483](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3483) > - Update prettier to 3.0.0 by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3509](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3509) > - Upgrade crossbeam-channel by [@Nutomic](https://github.com/Nutomic) in [#3512](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3512) > - Make hot rank not crash on future by [@phiresky](https://github.com/phiresky) in [#3517](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3517) > - Revert "Make sure hot rank sorts for post and community filter by positive hot ranks." by [@dessalines](https://github.com/dessalines) in [#3521](https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3521)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37906 > (I'm creating a starting guide post here. Have patience, it will take some time...) > > **Disclaimer**: I am new to Lemmy like most of you. Still finding my way. If you see something that isn't right, let me know. Also additions, please comment! > > # Welcome! > Welcome to Lemmy (on whichever server you're reading this) > > # About Lemmy > Lemmy is a federated platform for news aggregagtion / discussion. It's being developed by the Lemmy devs: https://github.com/LemmyNet > > ## About Federation > What does this federation mean? > > It means Lemmy is using a protocol (Activitypub) which makes it possible for all Lemmy servers to interact. > > - You can search and view communities on remote servers from here > - You can create posts in remote communities > - You can respond to remote posts > - You will be notified (if you wish) of comments on your remote posts > - You can follow Lemmy users/communities on other platforms that also use Activitypub (like Mastodon, Calckey etc) (There's currently a known issue with that, see [here](https://lemmy.world/post/15786) > > Please note that a server only starts indexing a server/community once it has been interacted with by a user of this server. > > A great image describing this, made by [@ulu_mulu@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/u/ulu_mulu) : https://imgur.com/a/uyoYySY > >  > > # About Lemmy.world > Lemmy.world is one of the many servers hosting the Lemmy software. It was started on June 1st, 2023 by [@ruud@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/u/ruud) , who is also running https://mastodon.world, https://calckey.world and others. > > A list of Lemmy servers and their statistics can be found at [FediDB > ](https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy) > > # Quick start guide > > ## Account > > You can use your account you created to log in to the server on which you created it. Not on other servers. Content is federated to other servers, users/accounts are **not**. > > ## Searching > In the top menu, you'll see the search icon. There, you can search for posts, communities etc. > >  > > You can just enter a search-word and it will find the Post-titles, post-content, communities etc containing that word **that the server knows of**. So any content any user of this server ever interacted with. > > You can also search for a community by it's link, e.g. `!Netherlands@lemmy.nl`. Even if the server hasn't ever seen that community, it will look it up remotely. Sometimes it takes some time for it to fetch the info (and displays 'No results' meanwhile..) so just be patient and search a second time after a few seconds. > > ## Creating communities > First, make sure the community doesn't already exist. Use search (see above). Also try [https://browse.feddit.de/](https://browse.feddit.de/) to see if there are remote communities on other Lemmy instances that aren't known to Lemmy.world yet. > > If you're sure it doesn't exist yet, go to the homepage and click 'Create a Community'. > >  > > It will open up the following page: > >  > > Here you can fill out: > > - Name: should be all lowercase letters. This will be the /c/ > - Display name: As to be expected, this will be the displayed name. > - You can upload an icon and banner image. Looks pretty. > - The sidebar should contain things like description, rules, links etc. You can use Markdown (yey!) > - If the community will contain mainly NSFW content, check the NSFW mark. NSFW is allowed as long as it doesn't break [the rules](https://mastodon.world/about) > - If you only want moderators to be able to post, check that checkbox. > - Select any language you want people to be able to post in. Apparently you shouldn't de-select 'Undetermined'. I was told some apps use 'Undetermined' as default language so don't work if you don't have it selected > > ## Reading > > I think the reading is obvious. Just click the post and you can read it. SOmetimes when there are many comments, they will partly be collapsed. > > ## Posting > > When viewing a community, you can create a new post in it. First of all make sure to check the community's rules, probably stated in the sidebar. > >  > > In the Create Post page these are the fields: > > - URL: Here you can paste a link which will be shown at the top of the post. Also the thumbnail of the post will link there. **Alternatively** you can upload an image using the image icon to the right of the field. That image will also be displayed as thumbnail for the post. > - Title: The title of the post. > - Body: Here you can type your post. You can use Markdown if you want. > - Community: select the community where you want this post created, defaults to the community you were in when you clicked 'create post' > - NSFW: Select this if you post any NSFW material, this blurs the thumbnail and displays 'NSFW' behind the post title. > - Language: Specify in which language your post is. > > Also see the [Lemmy documentation](https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/users/02-media.html) on formatting etc. > > ## Commenting > > ## Moderating / Reporting > > ## Client apps > > There are some apps available or in testing. See [this post](https://lemmy.world/post/465785) for a list! > > # Issues > When you find any issue, please report so here: https://lemmy.world/post/15786 if you think it's server related (or not sure). > > Report any issues or improvement requests for the Lemmy software itself here: https://github.com/LemmyNet > ## Known issues > Known issues can be found in the beforementioned post, one of the most annoying ones is the fact that post/reply in a somewhat larger community can take up to 10 seconds. It seems like that's related to the number of subscribers of the community. > > I'll be looking into that one, and hope the devs are too.

Thanks for joining the eviltoast.org lemmy instance! We're still figuring out how all of this works, but lemmy itself should be relatively stable for now. I plan on also launching a new [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) server in the next week or so as well, using the same domain. If you're new to lemmy, I recommend checking out this post from lemmy.world to get started: [Lemmy.world starting guide](https://eviltoast.org/post/10102) For mobile clients, Jerboa and Liftoff have both been good so far. Jerboa is the official client, but Liftoff felt a little more friendly. Mllem seems to be a decent ios client, but I haven't not used it much yet. There isn't really any content locally on eviltoast.org right now, so I'd recommend setting your default view to either All or Subscribed so that you actually see something in your feed. That said, you're more than welcome to create communities and post locally as well as to other lemmy instances from here.