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Any tips for a new user? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by Burninator@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m finally making the switch from Reddit. The Voyager app seems like a pretty seamless transition, but I’d love to hear any tips about using this platform, or what quirks distinguish it from Reddit as a whole.

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Here's one I haven't seen mentioned yet: many of us explicitly state our intended tone after our comments, to avoid miscommunication. Particularly in busy threads.

We have some great accessibility outreach communicators here, some of whom have shared how much it helps them or people they know.

Some examples:

(Sarcasm)
(Genuine)
(Joke)

Sometimes these are abbreviated, but we often even avoid abbreviation - for general clarity, but probably mainly because we're always gaining new users who might not recognize the abbreviation.