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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 😅

[–] 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 :)

[–] 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

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Short answer: yes, you got it.

Long answer: yes, but you'll see it's not like magic. Some instances will federate with others, some will straightup block others, some will simply not federate, etc... but those are very extreme cases with very particular reasons.