Since Lemmy doesn't host large videos or other media, users can share files using BitTorrent links. In BitTorrent, files are shared not by a single user, but by many users at the same time. This makes file sharing efficient, fast, and reliable, as long as several sources are sharing the files.

Lemmy supports posting torrent magnet links (links that start with magnet:) in the post URL field, or as Markdown links within comments.

With this, Lemmy can serve as an alternative to centralized media-centric services like YouTube and Spotify.

I already blocked hexbear and lemmy.ml but on either account I’m on it doesn’t seem that I’m able to block or filter other instances. I also can’t add block communities or users. How do I fix this?

Hi, I joined Lemmy a few weeks ago and I downloaded the Voyager app to make Lemmy more streamlined for me. Is there a way to switch to a different instance? For example, I want to explore the blahaj zone instance since it’s more tailored to me. Any way to do it on the Voyager app specifically?

I can't seem to find the function anywhere. I tried googling and found someone talking about the three dot menu. I clicked the three dot menu on posts people have made but it only has block and report as options.

Am I just missing it somewhere?