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Communities with the same name on different servers? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by SoCalChris@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/general_discussion@lemmy.fmhy.ml

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How do communities work across servers? For instance, I registered my account on server A, and create a community named MyCommunity on Server A. Someone who's registered on Server B can access MyCommunity by going to !MyCommunity@ServerA.

Now if someone else on Server B decides to create a community also called MyCommunity on Server B, I could access that by going to !MyCommunity@ServerB.

My question is, with the MyCommunity communities ever sync across Server A and Server B? Or will they remain completely separated since they're on different servers? Will things posted to !MyCommunity@ServerA ever show up for people that have only subscribed to !MyCommunity@ServerB, or are these kept completely separate?

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[–] abc123@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is actually the biggest hurdle, if that's the right word, or obstacle that will prevent Lemmy from becoming an actual viable replacement for reddit. As it stands, it's basically just like you're using one app to browse a ton of random individual forum based websites with no real integration/interaction between them. And you have to search for the specific stuff you want to see. It's just a mess.

[–] kulta@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I agree, at least the top 100 communities need to be synced across all instances or something. It's not easy for someone to find content in their first hour here.

[–] Browning@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be nice if, when signing up to an instance, you are auto-subbed to a bunch of communities of that instance's choosing, even if not all of those communities are on that instance.

[–] kulta@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah there's a lot of work needed to make the new user's experience better.