The servers (instances) aspect and different communities (forums on topics) on different servers and servers blocking others, is a mess if I'm being honest. It's the biggest flaw. I still find it hard to find communities of topics I want..

Someone actually said it spot on on Reddit in a random post saying the problem with Lemmy are Devs, they overcomplicate it to be "different" trying reinvent the wheel when there's no need. Like "Instances" just call them servers.. it's like learning a new language for the sake of being different, it's pointless and confusing for new users.

I like Lemmy but I think it's still too confusing a construct and not enough streamlining of new and different content. Will it change.. time will tell but I think if it doesn't quickly it will just be a niche thing people use as an alternative but nowhere close to where its trying to be.

Any recommendations? I have an old laptop with just onboard graphics that may run some older stuff I guess

Thanks, so you can register with multiple servers (instances) right? Like I have a lemmy.world account and a Feddit.uk one, I am generally logged into the fedddit.uk. when would I need to switch over to using Lemmy.world? Do i need too?

Also can you only find certain communities depending on which account your signed into

Newbie here and apologies if these are FAQs but just want one line answers

What's an instance?

What's a community?

What are federations?

Whats the difference between all these?

What's mastodon?

What's Kbin?

What's ActivityPub?

Just jargon I'm trying to get my head around, I'm still confused on signing up to different communities?! I guess and yeah.. a bit lost I suppose. If there are FAQs to all this please direct me to them, thanks!