fernly@lemmy.world to New Communities@lemmy.world · 1 year agowhat's the difference between "community" and "community@server"message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squarewhat's the difference between "community" and "community@server"fernly@lemmy.world to New Communities@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
For example searching for Python I see there is “Python” with 10 subs, and “Python@lemmy.ml” with 100 subs.
minus-squareDax87@forum.stellarcastle.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoLemmy is federated, as in there is more than one instance of Lemmy running, and they are all interconnected and synced to some degree via protocol. So you’re able to interact with one community on one instance from another instance. Kinda like how you can email someone with @gmail.com @yahoo.com Or at least that’s my understanding. I just started learning about the Fediverse yesterday.
Lemmy is federated, as in there is more than one instance of Lemmy running, and they are all interconnected and synced to some degree via protocol.
So you’re able to interact with one community on one instance from another instance.
Kinda like how you can email someone with @gmail.com @yahoo.com
Or at least that’s my understanding. I just started learning about the Fediverse yesterday.