I think this post would have been a lot more enlightening had it gone into what exactly *key instances are.
Lemmy instances with *key instances!
Huh?
You read the post past that sentence?
Edit: for those who don't know, Sharkey, Iceshrimp, Catodon and Firefish are fediverse software that sometimes are referred to as "*key" because they are all forks of the Misskey software.
As the other person that replied indicated, *key is shorthand for Misskey and Misskey fork instances like Sharkey/Iceshrimp/etc.
There's a bunch of them and since many of the instances with primarily English or other language (besides Japanese) people on them aren't using Misskey (or any specific fork) it's easier to write *key.
I should have clarified that in the OP, but I hoped the body text would help with that. My bad!
https://sh.itjust.works/post/35485725
This is you right now. Most of us have no idea what Misskey is.
FYI I wrote a blog post doing a show and tell of Sharkey (a fork of Misskey) in December: https://news.elenarossini.com/sharkey-a-fediverse-project-that-is-beautiful-inside-out/ 🤗
Is this like Tumblr or something?
Is this like Tumblr or something?
I think Misskey and its forks are among the Fediverse services that are not modelled on a specific commercial platform, but have created something completely their own.
The forks differ in details (see comparison), but the user experience is relatively similar.
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