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[-] sour@kbin.social 42 points 10 months ago

how regular people see joining fediverse:

[-] ZeroTHM@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

I still don't get it, personally. I just joined the one I'm on because it was the first one I saw I have no real understanding of what's going on or how it's didn't from reddit other than one person can't power trip on it.

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

Think of it like different email providers. There are a few big ones, and some people host their own, but they can all (usually) communicate with each other.

[-] ZeroTHM@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Alright, that tracks. But then how/ why do I see stuff from the other instances (I think that's the right word)? Are they all like different subreddits?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

In the email provider analogy, you have gmail, but you can receive email from gmail users and yahoo users and any other email provider users.

[-] quicksand@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

That would be the different email providers in the analogy. Each instance has its own set of communities (subreddits). But if the instances are federated with yours, then you can see the communities of those other instances

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Just more servers, owned by different people, all sharing information. That’s it.

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