Possibly linux to [email protected]English • 2 years agoLet's spread out lemmys userbase so that a single instance can't take out large chunks of the networklemmy.zipimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1355
arrow-up1344imageLet's spread out lemmys userbase so that a single instance can't take out large chunks of the networklemmy.zipPossibly linux to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squareAltima NEOlinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoYeah, especially all the Reddit expats. Myself included. Took me a while to understand what federated meant and how it worked. But also what redditors want from Lemmy vs what Lemmy is are somewhat two different things.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIt’s like email. With email, if you have a @gmail.com address you can communicate with @hotmail.com addresses. Well, with lemmy/mastodon/whatever they work the same way. Users don’t have to all be on the same server to interact with each other.
minus-squareAltima NEOlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoI’m probably not the right person to explain it as I still only have a rudimentary understand of it.
minus-square⁂Krafty⁂linkfedilink1•2 years ago@embrcrndm @altima_neo I’ll just say this: I’m currently sending this from Mastodon. Your instance and my instance both use the ActivityPub protocol which is likened to email by many people.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI’m in the same boat. I feel like I get what Lemmy is really all about now, but I also feel like I still have no idea what all of it really is. Is fun though
Yeah, especially all the Reddit expats. Myself included. Took me a while to understand what federated meant and how it worked.
But also what redditors want from Lemmy vs what Lemmy is are somewhat two different things.
Would you mind doing a quick “ELI5”?
It’s like email. With email, if you have a @gmail.com address you can communicate with @hotmail.com addresses.
Well, with lemmy/mastodon/whatever they work the same way. Users don’t have to all be on the same server to interact with each other.
I’m probably not the right person to explain it as I still only have a rudimentary understand of it.
Thanks anyway. I’ll read up!
@embrcrndm @altima_neo I’ll just say this: I’m currently sending this from Mastodon. Your instance and my instance both use the ActivityPub protocol which is likened to email by many people.
Whoa shit, that’s awesome!!
@embrcrndm No kidding :)
Welcome to the #fediverse!
I’m in the same boat. I feel like I get what Lemmy is really all about now, but I also feel like I still have no idea what all of it really is.
Is fun though