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Fwiw, some advice for the wave of fresh r/efugees
This isn't reddit. It looks similar, and it is similar by design. But it ain't reddit. Hang back, lurk a while and try to absorb some of the lemmy "culture" before jumping into anything hot button at all, and be aware that lemmy is not a single thing.
Lemmy is not one big site. It's a whole bunch of sites run by individuals and groups. On each of them, you'll find communities (and it is communities, not subs, sublemmies, or similar). Every specific site, called an instance, may have different rules from the rest. So pay attention to where you are before jumping in all het up on a topic.
You might be on a community on dbzer0.com now, and find a community called c/paper. You might go over to sh.itjust.works and find another c/paper. This is part of how lemmy works. It is not a mistake, it is not a problem. But it is confusing. So be aware of it, and factor it in when you decide to post or comment.