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If you are a mod or a user and would like to request a feature or tool, please submit your idea as a comment on this post. This is where we will officially pull from when we decide which features to develop. Please note we are a small volunteer team and we intend to work with mainline Lemmy, so if there are already features in development we may not take them on ourselves.
Hey there everyone! Hope you are all having a wonderful summer so far. Here at SFFA we've been hard at work on our Lemmy project. It's starting to grow and we are growing with it. For about half a year now, we've been talking about the SFFA incorporating as a 501(c) entity, with the ability to fund initiatives, giveaways, book shares and more. We also have servers we need to keep running. To that end, we are opening up to donations to help meet these goals. You don't have to donate; we're not begging for money. We're just letting you know the opportunity exists and you're welcome to check out our [GoFundMe](https://gofund.me/f2597bb0). Once we've met our GoFundMe goal we will be moving towards using OpenCollective permanently for donation handling. We will announce when this occurs. We are in this for the long haul, and we will keep plodding away at it until these dreams become a reality. Thanks for sharing these dreams with us.
# Lemmy Markdown Formatting Guide This post explains how to format Markdown with Lemmy and details it's nuances as best as possible. ## Important Notes on Markdown with Lemmy Lemmy parses Markdown using CommonMark, but with some additional features namely spoilers. **NOTE:** Lemmy cares about the number of newlines between paragraphs. If you want to have a new paragraph, you need to have at least one newline between the two paragraphs. Or else, Lemmy will treat it as a single paragraph. You can see this in the example below. ::: spoiler Newline spacing example ### Correct #### Format ``` md This is a paragraph. Imagine it's a bit longer. This is another paragraph. Again, imagine it's a bit longer. ``` #### Result This is a paragraph. Imagine it's a bit longer. This is another paragraph. Again, imagine it's a bit longer. ### Incorrect #### Format ``` md This is a paragraph. Imagine it's a bit longer. This is another paragraph. Again, imagine it's a bit longer. ``` #### Result This is a paragraph. Imagine it's a bit longer. This is another paragraph. Again, imagine it's a bit longer. ::: ## Text Formatting ### Paragraph Text | Format | Alternate | Result | | :---: | :---: | :---: | | `_italic_` | `*italic*` | _italic_ | | `**bold**` | `__bold__` | **bold** | | `**_bold italic_**` | `__*bold italic*__` | **_bold italic_** | | `~~strikethrough~~` | | ~~strikethrough~~ | | `^superscript^` | | ^superscript^ | | `~subscript~` | | ~subscript~ | ### Headings Headings are denoted by a `#` at the beginning of a line. The number of `#`s determines the heading level up to 6. The alternate format is to have the heading text on the line below and underline it with `=` for heading 1 and `-` for heading 2. ::: spoiler Heading examples #### Heading Format ```md # Heading 1 ## Heading 2 ### Heading 3 #### Heading 4 ##### Heading 5 ###### Heading 6 ``` #### Heading Result # Heading 1 ## Heading 2 ### Heading 3 #### Heading 4 ##### Heading 5 ###### Heading 6 #### Alternate Format ```md Heading 1 ========= Heading 2 --------- ``` #### Alternate Result Heading 1 ========= Heading 2 --------- ::: ### Blockquotes Blockquotes are simply a `>` at the beginning of a line. #### Blockquote Format ```md > This is a blockquote. > This is > > a multiline > > blockquote. > This is > not a multiline > blockquote. ``` #### Blockquote Result > This is a blockquote. > This is > > a multiline > > blockquote. > This is > not a multiline > blockquote. ## Lists Lists can be ordered or unordered. Ordered lists are numbered, unordered lists are bulleted. You can nest lists by indenting them with 4 spaces or a tab, and you can mix ordered and unordered lists by indenting them differently. ::: spoiler List examples ### Unordered List Format ```md - Item 1 - Item 2 - Item 2.1 - Item 2.2 - Item 3 ``` ### Unordered List Result - Item 1 - Item 2 - Item 2.1 - Item 2.2 - Item 3 #### Ordered List Format ```md 1. Item 1 2. Item 2 1. Item 2.1 2. Item 2.2 3. Item 3 ``` #### Ordered List Result 1. Item 1 2. Item 2 1. Item 2.1 2. Item 2.2 3. Item 3 #### Mixed List Format ```md - Item 1 - Item 2 1. Item 2.1 2. Item 2.2 - Item 2.2.1 - Item 3 ``` #### Mixed List Result - Item 1 - Item 2 1. Item 2.1 2. Item 2.2 - Item 2.2.1 - Item 2.2.2 - Item 3 ::: ### Code Blocks Code blocks are denoted by 3 backticks (\`\`\`) on the line before and after the code block. Currently no syntax highlighting is supported. You can also do inline code blocks by using a single backtick (\`) on either side of the code. ::: spoiler Code block examples #### Code Block Format **NOTE:** Ignore the backslashes, they are only there to escape the backticks. ```md \`\`\` python def hello_world(): print("Hello World!") \`\`\` ``` #### Code Block Result ``` python def hello_world(): print("Hello World!") ``` ::: ::: spoiler Inline code example #### Inline Code Format ```md This is a paragraph with some `inline code` in it. ``` #### Inline Code Result This is a paragraph with some `inline code` in it. ::: ### Links Links are denoted by `[link text](link url)`. You can also do reference links by doing `[link text][link id]` and then `[link id]: link url` somewhere else in the post, preferably at the bottom. ::: spoiler Link examples #### Link Formats ```md [SFFA](https://sffa.community) [SFFA][sffa-wiki] ... somewhere down at the bottom of the post ... [sffa-wiki]: https://sffa.community ``` #### Link Results [SFFA](https://sffa.community) [SFFA][sffa-wiki] ... somewhere down at the bottom of the post ... [sffa-wiki]: https://sffa.community ::: ### Images Images are denoted by ``. You can also do reference images by doing `![alt text][image id]` and then `[image id]: image url` somewhere else in the post, preferably at the bottom of the post like with reference links. ::: spoiler Image examples #### Image Formats ```md ![Lemmy from Motörhead]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Lemmy-02.jpg) ![Lemmy from Motörhead][lemmy] ... somewhere down at the bottom of the post ... [lemmy]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Lemmy-02.jpg ``` #### Image Results  ![Lemmy from Motörhead][lemmy] ... somewhere down at the bottom of the post ... [lemmy]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Lemmy-02.jpg ::: ### Tables Tables are denoted by `|`s and `-`s. The first row is the header row, and the second row is the alignment row. The alignment row is optional, and if it is not included, the table will default to left alignment. The alignment row can be left aligned with `:---`, right aligned with `---:`, or center aligned with `:---:`. The alignment row can also be omitted entirely, in which case the table will default to left alignment. ::: spoiler Table examples #### Table Format ```md | Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | | :--- | :---: | ---: | | Left | Center | Right | | Left | Center | Right | ``` #### Table Result | Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | | :--- | :---: | ---: | | Left | Center | Right | | Left | Center | Right | ::: ### Horizontal Rules Horizontal rules are denoted by 3 or more `-`s on a line by themselves and require blank new lines above and below. ::: spoiler Horizontal rule example #### Horizontal Rule Format ```md some text --- some more text ``` #### Horizontal Rule Result some text --- some more text ::: ### Spoilers Spoilers are denoted by `::: spoiler` and `:::` around a block of text or other markdown elements. You can give the spoiler a title by putting it after `::: spoiler` like `::: spoiler Spoiler Title.` You **CAN'T** nest spoilers inside of each other. #### Spoiler Format **NOTE:** Ignore the backslashes, they are only there to escape the colons. ```md Some paragraph text. \::: spoiler Spoiler Title Some spoiler or _other_ markdown elements. \::: Other paragraph text. ``` #### Spoiler Result Some paragraph text. ::: spoiler Spoiler Title Some spoiler or _other_ markdown elements. ::: Other paragraph text.
If you don't go to other instances and search for ![community]@sffa.community those instances will probably never see your posts. I've been going around and trying to federate communities from here to other instances to try and help.
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Liftoff is one of the Lemmy apps I've been testing out. I really enjoy the UI a lot, but like all other Lemmy apps I've tried it had no mod tools. An issue has been created to address that. The devs listened to feedback about mod tools and tool priorities. With any luck we may have working mod tools on mobile at some point :)
Several instances are defederating from sffa.community because there is some suspicion of heavy bot infestation here. https://lemm.ee/post/177673?scrollToComments=true This means a lot of the fediverse is not going to show up for users here (I had to make a separate account here just to post this because my instance has blocked you.) Not sure what the solution is, but I ask the admins here to maybe contact the lemmy.ee admins who first noticed the bot problem so we can see you guys again! I miss seeing my SFFA content and don't want you guys to dwindle not realizing you are being quarantined.
If you, as a user or mod, come across a bug, please feel free to report it here to us so we can see if it has been reported to the git repo. This is not tech support. We are not solving bugs in this post. It is simply to report them and make sure they get logged. When reporting a bug be as thorough as you can with what actions you were taking, what page you were on, what you were trying to do and what the result was. Feel free to add screenshots if necessary.
Doesn't seem like you can currently list all users and purge them until they actually have a post or comment for you to see the purge link, so here we are.
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Please remember that spoiler tags may not be supported in a mobile app and to please browse carefully!
Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by our Lemmy community and taking part. This is just a quick outline of where we are and where we intend to go. The first thing our dev team is working on is better spoiler tagging and post flairs. These are of the highest priority to us because as a community that focuses on books, movies, TV and gaming we want people to enjoy media without fear of spoilers. We don't have a time frame for this, but our team is already reviewing Lemmy code and getting ready to write. Beyond that, we are still in discussions as to what features would be needed. Mod tools are going to be a high priority as well, but it would be good to know what you all, the users, would like to see. Feel free to comment here about features you're interested in so we can add them to our discussions. Also, if you ARE a mod here, feel free to add what additional tools you would be interested in using. Making this site as useable as we can is our current aim. Your help can go a long way towards that. And if you wish to help us on the development side, join our discord and we can get you added to the team.
I assume creating an instance for this can't have been easy, along with the ongoing cost of maintaining it. Here's hoping this works out for us, and I'd be happy to help out if people need anything I can reasonably provide.