My introduction to these platforms was through the android app. However I was lurking the last couple days and today the app broke so I decided to go to an instance directly.
I came to realize something was different when I stumbled upon a thread from <instance>/195 talking about how they changed their name because 196 on <instance> became more popular.
So my first question which I basically just want affirmation for is that every instance can have it’s own communities that share the same name. But are other instances of the same community shared in a feed or do I have to search out each one individually?
Secondly usernames. Since I signed up with the same nick on multiple platforms I assume it’s like an email system with Kritical@<instance>
However, do I have to register to every instance I wish to comment on or as long as they are sharing resources I should be able to post?
Literally my first post so I’m sure I could figure this out on my own but figure asking these questions may help others transitioning with the same questions.
Big fan of the platform. Fuck reddit and fuck /u/spez. This is what I’m looking for in a link aggregator.
You have to search them out individually FOR NOW, issue tracker to resolve that here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1113
Yes, exactly, and if you’re on the same instance as somebody else you won’t see their instance in their username.
They’re sharing resources, that’s what federation is, the ability for all of the instances to communicate as though it’s a seamless experience.