Does it matter which Lemmy I'm in?
Does it matter which Lemmy I'm in?
I'm in Lemmy.world, but I've seen there are others. Do I have to switch in between them (if so, how?) or is it fine the way I have it?
Thanks a lot.
@Quickswitch79 Due to the magic of the Fediverse you don't even need to be on Lemmy!
Kbin is another similar system that interacts with Lemmy, and this reply has come from Mastodon!
Although in general I wouldn't recommend using Mastodon to interact with Lemmy communities, it works but it's not what either system is optimised for so it's a bit clunky.
But it's still pretty amazing to me: it's like using Twitter or Instagram to read and reply to Reddit!
Generally, not really.
https://static.xtremeownage.com/blog/2023/join-the-fediverse/
I find that to be a good manual for beginners, thanks for sharing :)
Not a problem, glad it was helpful!
As of now, it does matter. I'm on kbin.social, but atm I can't see most content and comments from lemmy instances. Something is not federating correctly.
Yeah, lemmy and kbin have had issues syncing up for me and posts I made on a kbin instance not showing up despite waiting days.
So until that gets resolved or if, it's best to have a lemmy and kbin account.
I am from a different instance, it is fine.
It does not, right now I can see posts from other instances (like this one), without leaving mine (discuss.tchncs.de). You might actually get a better experience on smaler instances, as the big three (lemmy.world, lemmy.ml, bbeehaw.org) can get quite slow at times.
I can see other instances but somehow I can't subscribe or comment to a community from another instance beside .world? Idk.
yes, you can! you just have to search for "all" instead of "local" under Communities!
thats weird you should be able to unless defederated
Some instances aren't connected for various reasons. What instance?
If you're using the web-ui, you can change the scope of your searches to include external results as well. You can subscribe to any community without leaving your home instance.
Why are there multiple Lemmy websites lol. So confusing.
Because Lemmy isn't a website. It's software that runs social content aggregation sites.
It's like what WordPress is for blogs and other unidirectional content serving websites.
The fun thing is, though, that any website running Lemmy can share content posted to it with any other website running Lemmy.
It's only confusing because corporate social media has taught us that "service = place".
Same reason there are multiple phone companies. Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Google Fi, Cricket Wireless, Mint Mobile, etc.
They all allow you to communicate with your friends no matter what provider they use. But the companies are all slightly different. You might choose one due to better coverage, or customer support, or corporate ethics, or simply cause a friend recommended it.
Phones are redundant. So if Verizon fails, you can always sign up for another provider and still talk to your friends. Or if you have a bad experience, you’re not stuck using something you hate.
Plus, if one company ruled all of phones, it would be a bad thing. Monopolies aren’t good.
Lemmy isn’t the only thing out there with ‘multiple websites’ online. Email - there is more than just gmail, outlook, yahoo, proton, etc.
It’s not confusing to you that there are multiple email companies, that all work together, right? You don’t need a gmail account to send a message to a gmail user.
So don’t think it Lemmy like a website owned by one company. It’s not. Just like nobody owns “email”. Think of it like a protocol.
But I get it. Lemmy is an emerging technology. People are expecting it to be new Reddit. And it is on the front end. But it’s closer to new email.
Because that's the whole point of being decentralised. Nobody gets everything.
If there was just one "Lemmy", we'd be back to another monolithic Reddit again.
There really needs to be a fediverse primer that everyone can read before signing up. It would make all this stuff clear.
That's the basis of the whole system, they use the same protocol to communicate(activity pub) and share content.
It allows anyone to run their own version of reddit and they can decide which other servers they want to have content from