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Okay, I think I understand Lemmy now. Do I have this right? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Guitarded@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So here's how I understand it:

lemmy.world, lemmy.fmhy.ml, beehaw, (instances) etc. are all basically different servers. But they essentially all have access to the same communities, aka the equivalent of a subreddit, even though some communities are are hosted on lemmy vs beehaw, etc.?

If my understanding is correct, then, for the layman, each different instance can be seen as a site to view any of the communities, so we can register with one instance, and browse everything they all have to offer. Is that about right? Sorry, I know a guide has been posted, but I'm trying to reduce the functionality to fit into my feeble mind.

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

Well partially correct, they are different servers and yes you can use any instance to view other communities but lemmy.ml/c/bob123 and lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/bob123 aren't the same community despite having the same name. Both would be accessible via either instance e.g on fmhy you could access lemmy.ml/c/bob123 from lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/bob123@lemmy.ml and on lemmy.ml you could access lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/bob123 from lemmy.ml/c/bob123@lemmy.fmhy.ml/

Like right now you're asking asklemmy from fmhy using the url https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml but if i went and made a community called asklemmy on fmhy it wouldn't be the same community as the one on lemmy.ml

Hmm perhaps my explanation is too confusing 😅

[–] 2muchcaffeine4u@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The major downside of this, if I understand correctly, is that this also applies to usernames. For the most part this won't be a problem but I can easily imagine a specific type of trolling that can come from this feature.

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

Yep means usernames can be the same but different instances

[–] lawliot@lemmy.fmhy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I visit the same community from different instances, I don't see all the posts listed. Is the instance just slow to update? For example:

Home instance - https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/freemediaheckyeah/data_type/Post/sort/New/page/1

https://lemmy.world/c/freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.ml/data_type/Post/sort/New/page/1

https://reddthat.com/c/freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.ml/data_type/Post/sort/New/page/1

https://lemmy.ml/c/freemediaheckyeah@lemmy.fmhy.ml/data_type/Post/sort/New/page/1

The other instances haven't updated yet to show the latest posts.

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

We had a minor issue with federation, it's been resolved now :)