General Discussion

<p>Welcome to Lemmy.World General!</p>
<p>This is a community for general discussion where you can get your bearings in the fediverse. Discuss topics & ask questions that don’t seem to fit in any other community, or don’t have an active community yet.</p>
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<details><summary>🪆 About Lemmy World</summary><p>* <a href=“https://lemmy.world/c/lemmyworld” rel=“nofollow”>Lemmy World Announcements</a>

• <a href=“https://lemmy.world/c/support” rel=“nofollow”>Lemmy World Support</a>
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  <details><summary>🧭 Finding Communities</summary><p>Feel free to ask here or over in: <a href=“https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmy411” rel=“nofollow”>!lemmy411@lemmy.ca</a>!
  Also keep an eye on:<br />
• <a href=“https://lemmy.world/c/newcommunities” rel=“nofollow”>!newcommunities@lemmy.world</a><br />
• <a href=“https://lemmy.ca/c/communitypromo” rel=“nofollow”>!communitypromo@lemmy.ca</a><br />
• <a href=“https://mander.xyz/c/new_communities” rel=“nofollow”>!new_communities@mander.xyz</a>
• <a href=“https://lemmy.world/c/communityspotlight” rel=“nofollow”>!communityspotlight@lemmy.world</a><br />
• <a href=“https://lemmy.ca/c/wowthislemmyexists” rel=“nofollow”>!wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca</a>!
  For more involved tools to find communities to join: check out <a href=“https://lemmyverse.net/communities” rel=“nofollow”>Lemmyverse</a>!
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  <details><summary> Additional Discussion Focused Communities:</summary><p>* <a href=“https://lemmy.ca/c/actual_discussion” rel=“nofollow”>!actual_discussion@lemmy.ca</a> - Note this is for more serious discussions.
• <a href=“https://lemm.ee/c/casualconversation” rel=“nofollow”>!casualconversation@lemm.ee</a> - The opposite of the above, for more laidback chat!
• <a href=“https://feddit.uk/c/letstalkaboutgames” rel=“nofollow”>!letstalkaboutgames@feddit.uk</a> - Into video games? Here’s a place to discuss them!
• <a href=“https://lemm.ee/c/movies” rel=“nofollow”>!movies@lemm.ee</a> - Watched a movie and wanna talk to others about it? Here’s a place to do so!<br />
• <a href=“https://lemmy.world/c/politicaldiscussion” rel=“nofollow”>!politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world</a> - Want to talk politics apart from political news? Here’s a community for that!
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  <p><strong>Rules and <a href=“https://lemmy.world/post/1895854” rel=“nofollow”>Policies</a></strong></p>
  <details><summary>Remember, Lemmy World rules also apply here.</summary><p>0. See: <a href=“https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/#content-policy-rules-for-users” rel=“nofollow”>Rules for Users.</a><br />

1. No bigotry: including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
2. Be respectful. Everyone should feel welcome here.<br />
3. <strong>Be thoughtful and helpful</strong>: even with ‘silly’ questions. The world won’t be made better by dismissive comments to others on Lemmy.<br />
4. Link posts should include some context/opinion in the body text when the title is unaltered, or be titled to encourage discussion.<br />
5. Posts concerning other instances’ activity/decisions are better suited to <a href=“/c/fediverse@lemmy.world” rel=“nofollow”>!fediverse@lemmy.world</a> or <a href=“/c/lemmydrama@lemmy.world” rel=“nofollow”>!lemmydrama@lemmy.world</a> communities.<br />
6. No Ads/Spamming.<br />
7. No NSFW content.<br />
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