Comment on Why are you here and not on Reddit?

• can@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You’ve already gotten over the largest hurdle. What would you like to know?

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  • Null_Ritual@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Like, is there a FAQ somewhere that explains things. Like I see xxxxx@xxxx

    But sometimes I see Cxxxxx@xxxx?

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    • Terminus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      • Null_Ritual@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thank you! So wait though, I can see Mastodon posts here?

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    • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Okay, so Lemmy is federated meaning anyone can host their own server and connect with others doing the same. Most of us choose to register with one someone else has already made and maintains. I chose sh.itjust.works, you chose lemmy.zip, and this specific community we’re commenting on happens to be posted on lemmy.world.

      But federation means each instance “server” of Lemmy share everything between each other.

      Is that what you’re asking?

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      • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The obvious example of lemmy-like federation is email.

        There’s lots of email servers, but all of them can send emails to each other (unless blacklisted, which would be the equivalent of defederation), and their users can read emails regardless of which server the sender has their account on.

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    • gkaklas@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Each server has its own users and communities (but they still all talk and subscribe to each other!)

      Usually I see usernames written in the form @user@lemmy.zip, while communities !InterestingSubject@lemmy.zip

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      • Null_Ritual@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Thanks I am still trying to differentiate stuff

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    • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It sounds like you’re talking about communities versus user. In the same way Reddit had u/xxxx for users, and r/xxxx for subreddits, its u/xxxx for users and c/xxxx for communities (our subreddit equivalent.)

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• gkaklas@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Welcome to the platform!

  • You signed up for the lemmy.zip server (=“lemmy instance”), but you can see posts, post comments, and talk to users from any other server. Just like you can send email from your personal email to your work email, it’s still just email! Other than the fact that usernames have a i.e. “@lemmy.zip” part, you shouldn’t really need to think about it 😅 (But when you want to login to your account, you can’t login to another server, you need to login on lemmy.zip)
  • No need to learn much more to get started, you just participate in any discussions you want etc 😊
  • You can find some communities to subscribe to at sub.rehab and lemmyverse.net/communities . To subscribe to a community, you can search for the community’s full name on your server, lemmy.zip
  • Here you can find a mobile app to download: join-lemmy.org/apps/ . You can download whichever you want! You can just try them and pick the one you like the most, and you can have a couple of them at the same time and they still access the same content
  • Lemmy.zip also has a list in the sidebar, “Useful links”, these four are just alternative websites you can use to access the same thing; again you can just pick whichever you like the most!

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