Rewrite: September 2024
Welcome one and all to BestOfLemmy! The goal of this community is "manual curation". Please post good (or best!!) posts you find around Lemmy, highlighting the discussions, communities, and people that make up the Lemmyverse.
There are two rules: Manual Curation and beginner-to-lemmy focus. Please share content on Lemmy that helps introduce Lemmy to newbies!
Don't make automatic bots or algorithms make your pick here. Although its fair game to use bots / algorithms / search engines to look for content, the ultimate decision to post must be made by you. Aside from that, have fun!
EDIT: Discussion in this Welcome Thread is extremely loose. Its important for any community to have a place for freeform discussion, including meta-criticism and wandering off topic, so that individuals are free to express yourself. I won't be moderating this topic as much as other posts however. Still feel free to report posts that cross the line, but comments here specifically are intended to be more freeform.
hi. sorry the first thing i bring up is a criticism.
I don't see why the bestoflemmy on lemmy.world should focus on lemmy features. It seems like it should just the best stuff, like content stuff, on lemmy.world, curated for sure, but not focused. it seems a name like lemmyTricks or myfavoritelemmyfeature would encompass that mission. This is kinda sitting on a general name, and I wonder if that's why there are not more submissions.
u/The D Quuuuuill writes powerfully about how a surviving union coal miner who partook in the Battle of Blair Mountain spoke to their elementary class
11d 1h ago by slrpnk.net/u/ProdigalFrog in bestoflemmy from slrpnk.netu/aramis87 Tells us about a museum theft
16d 1h ago by sh.itjust.works/u/pomegranatefern in bestoflemmy
Something about waifus
18d 58m ago by feddit.org/u/Peter_Arbeitslos in bestoflemmy from feddit.orgSeason 3 of TheButton lasted more than 25 hours with 172 unique players from 49 different instances
1mon 12d ago by cake.kobel.fyi/u/squirrel in bestoflemmy
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org teaches us about TV behind the Iron Curtain
1mon 14d ago by lemmy.world/u/Skullgrid in bestoflemmy
OP describes the worst song in the best way
1mon 22d ago by lemmy.world/u/Whats_your_reasoning in bestoflemmy
Foggy's networking 101 for selfhosters
1mon 23d ago by programming.dev/u/Colloidal in bestoflemmyAfter hearing all the hype about avocados, OP decides to try them, expecting them to taste like apples, berries, or other types of fruit.
3mon 12d ago by lemmy.world/u/Rhynoplaz in bestoflemmy
Lemming personal trainer gives back health advice
3mon 19d ago by lemmy.world/u/felixwhynot in bestoflemmy from piefed.social
Sometimes things just line up perfectly
3mon 23d ago by communick.news/u/Steve in bestoflemmy from communick.news
Karim Diané from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is doing an AMA on Lemmy today
3mon 28d ago by piefed.kobel.fyi/u/squirrel in bestoflemmy from startrek.websiteFather Patrick’s Easter Passion Play - Part 2
4mon 9d ago by lemmy.world/u/Broadfern in bestoflemmyI finally found it: Father Patrick’s Easter Passion Play - Part 1
4mon 9d ago by lemmy.world/u/Broadfern in bestoflemmy
Remember_the_tooth explains why you need to wear pajamas
4mon 9d ago by lemmy.world/u/ultrahamster64 in bestoflemmy
Rolling Out the Internet in the 90s [Best Of]
4mon 13d ago by piefed.social/u/Sergio in bestoflemmy from media.piefed.socialA fellow Lemmy user was featured in US propaganda
4mon 18d ago by lemmy.world/u/Nickelalloy in bestoflemmy from blorpblorp.xyz
Why Lemmy is the Worst Social Media Platform I Use [Best Of]
4mon 19d ago by piefed.social/u/Sergio in bestoflemmy from media.piefed.social
How Goth came out of Punk [Best Of]
4mon 27d ago by piefed.social/u/Sergio in bestoflemmy from media.piefed.social
Cats in the House [Best Of]
5mon 3d ago by piefed.social/u/Sergio in bestoflemmy from media.piefed.socialLemmy gets asked: "Can you draw us a beautiful picture?" and delivers beautifully
5mon 5d ago by piefed.kobel.fyi/u/squirrel in bestoflemmy
A collection of "best of" comments, all in a single post.
5mon 7d ago by piefed.social/u/JohnnyEnzyme in bestoflemmy from media.piefed.social
Unexpected Fort Minor
5mon 15d ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/TherapyGary in bestoflemmy from lemmy.blahaj.zone
TropicalDingdong explains plant reproduction
5mon 18d ago by mander.xyz/u/acockworkorange in bestoflemmy
Someone took a photo of me in the Miami airport and posted it on reddit
5mon 29d ago by sh.itjust.works/u/pelespirit in bestoflemmy
Waco man yelling racial slurs accidentally set himself on fire while trying to burn down victim’s home: affidavit
5mon 16h ago by lemmy.world/u/felixwhynot in bestoflemmy from www.kwtx.com
Choose your own adventure
6mon 2d ago by sh.itjust.works/u/pelespirit in bestoflemmy from lemmy.dbzer0.comAsk me a science based question, and I'll research a good answer. Then edit your comment to make me seem like a terrible person.
6mon 5d ago by piefed.kobel.fyi/u/squirrel in bestoflemmy
The decline of pre-modern women warriors, comment by PugJesus
6mon 15d ago by piefed.social/u/Sergio in bestoflemmy from media.piefed.social
Fascinating story in the body, and additional pictures in the comments.
6mon 25d ago by lemmy.world/u/aeronmelon in bestoflemmy
The comments in this thread
6mon 26d ago by discuss.tchncs.de/u/squirrel in bestoflemmy from sh.itjust.works
A user tells a story of Ticketmaster Future visiting in the 90s
7mon 22d ago by piefed.blahaj.zone/u/Maven in bestoflemmy from piefed.blahaj.zoneFood Technologist Gives Impromptu AMA on Food Safety
7mon 29d ago by lemmy.world/u/Ceedoestrees in bestoflemmyLitchralee explains the development of road and rail in the 19th century AD
9mon 7d ago by piefed.social/u/PugJesus in bestoflemmy from sh.itjust.works
Another reason Free Software is important
9mon 14d ago by lemmy.world/u/grue in bestoflemmy
Godnroc explains how to best relax
9mon 15d ago by swg-empire.de/u/bjoern_tantau in bestoflemmy
xiaohongshu gives background on China's housing rental oversupply
9mon 26d ago by lemmy.zip/u/thefreakydangler in bestoflemmy from lemmy.zipKDE Plasma really is plasma
9mon 1d ago by lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/somerandomperson in bestoflemmy
ZombiePirate cites "The Reactionary Mind"
10mon 13d ago by mander.xyz/u/acockworkorange in bestoflemmyAceticon explains how PD chargers work
10mon 14d ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/sem in bestoflemmyTropicalDingDong begs to differ that "...porn is as much if not more of a fantasy world than as Lord of the Rings is important."
10mon 29d ago by lemmy.world/u/TehBamski in bestoflemmy
Longest "No you're thinking of..." thread I have seen in awhile.
11mon 8d ago by startrek.website/u/EnsignWashout in bestoflemmyThe most electrifying metaphor
11mon 14d ago by lemmy.today/u/TheImpressiveX in bestoflemmy from beehaw.org
Talking to a neighbor, Monument@lemmy.sdf.org finds a better understanding
11mon 19d ago by lemmy.world/u/Whats_your_reasoning in bestoflemmy
Dunno if bots, but I think they get it now
11mon 20d ago by lemmy.zip/u/callouscomic in bestoflemmy from lemmy.zip
tal talks about headphone jacks on phones.
11mon 22d ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/sem in bestoflemmy
ByteJunk@lemmy.world describes a Wizard failing a Wisdom saving throw spectacularly
11mon 23d ago by slrpnk.net/u/ProdigalFrog in bestoflemmyWhy upgrading existing train tracks to high-speed is a costly challenge
11mon 27d ago by lemmy.world/u/egrets in bestoflemmy