• SmokesForBreakfast@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think this one made it click for me! Thanks.

    I might have been confused by the initial amount of duplicate posts across instances. I’m guessing that could be compared to cross posts across subreddits.

    Now if I can engage with different instances from my own instance, why do I need a different user for each instance? Is that in case of instances blocking each other?

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      1 year ago

      You don’t need a different user for each instance unless the two instances you want to comment between are defederated.

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      1 year ago

      Lets say you want to access !memes@lemmy.ml using your .world account. Do not go to lemmy.ml. Stay on lemmy.world, go to the search bar, filter by communities, and type: !memes@lemmy.ml

      Why? You can’t log in to a lemmy.world account from lemmy.ml or any other instance besides .world. You can only access things from other instances using the method described above (although you can subscribe to !memes@lemmy.ml from a .world account and have its content appear on your home feed)

      Do keep in mind that Lemmy is still in its early stages, and there will be many new features in the future.

      • SmokesForBreakfast@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Thank you! The fact that I can only search for other instances somehow didn’t connect with me. It makes a bit more sense now.

        I guess this also opens up the Top/Active filtering option to be more explorative than circle-jerky compared to that of Reddit. Maybe I’m wrong.