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Surp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yeah, it’s federated. That means users, communities, posts, and votes are shared.

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  • spacegoat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What is the best FAQ/resource to learn about Lemmy and federation? I use it but don’t understand the backend.

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    • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I personally enjoy Rimu Atkinson’s blog on the development of Piefed: https://join.piefed.social/blog/

      Probably the best intro is the first post: https://join.piefed.social/2023/11/18/subscribe-and-unsubscribe-to-a-community-follow/

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    • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I find the easiest way to think about it is kind of like email. You can have an account @gmail.com and still send mail to other servers @outlook.com. Your posts and comments will be stored on your local instance, as well as any instances that are subscribed to the community. When you post to a community on another instance, I think the text will be stored on both instances, but image uploads point back to the copy on your local instance.

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