immadeofgold@lemmy.world to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agoWelcome reddit refugees!message-squaremessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1message-squareWelcome reddit refugees!immadeofgold@lemmy.world to Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world · edit-22 years agomessage-square194fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKronusdark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoPretty good, can someone explain how federation works with Lemmy? Are communities linked?
minus-squareawdsns@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI’m commenting here from another instance (feddit.de) where I’m logged in and this community is available at https://feddit.de/c/[email protected] Similarly, you can just access communities from other instances here, e.g. https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]
minus-squareKronusdark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agobut like if there are two Gaming communities on different instances, do they merge? or are they separate?
minus-squareawdsns@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoThey are separate. Think of community names like email addresses: [email protected] is different from [email protected] Similarly, [email protected] is different from [email protected]
Pretty good, can someone explain how federation works with Lemmy? Are communities linked?
I’m commenting here from another instance (feddit.de) where I’m logged in and this community is available at https://feddit.de/c/[email protected]
Similarly, you can just access communities from other instances here, e.g. https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]
but like if there are two Gaming communities on different instances, do they merge? or are they separate?
They are separate. Think of community names like email addresses: [email protected] is different from [email protected]
Similarly, [email protected] is different from [email protected]
This is the best explanation.