Lemmy
Also jlai.lu
Free, open-source forum software similar to Reddit, run on independent servers that talk to each other via ActivityPub. jlai.lu is a French-language instance.
Lemmy lets anyone run their own discussion site (called an instance), and instances communicate with one another through the ActivityPub protocol. It is part of the "Fediverse" and uses the same protocol as Mastodon.
The French-language instance this site reads, jlai.lu, has very little discussion volume, but it shows a user base different from Reddit's. Lemmy comments carry a "score" (upvotes minus downvotes), which is noted when they are quoted.
Sources
- Lemmy (social network) (Wikipedia (English), accessed 2026-10-22)
- jlai.lu (jlai.lu, accessed 2026-10-22)
In our stories
We read public discussions from 3 to 22 October on five French-language communities: the "Blabla 18-25" board of jeuxvideo.com (253 threads with "émeutes" in the title; we read the first page of 14), r/france (9 threads,…
Who is to blame? The government, LFI and a leak →
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Mastodon and Lemmy: "800,000 in the streets, that is what matters" →
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Last updated 2026-10-22 · Suggest a correction