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Are communities server-specific? i.e, is the "Gaming" community on lemmy.ml different from the one on, say, beehaw.org? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a question about communities. Are communities server-specific, for example, is the "Gaming" community on lemmy.ml different from the one on, say, beehaw.org and will I need to join both?

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is different for sure.

The "lemmy-verse" is really just a bunch of separate websites all running the same software that talks to each other. It's like email, where you can send an email from a Gmail account, and receive it on an outlook account. The same concept being applied to social media now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel like Lemmy/Kbin should indicate the host along with the community name. (i.e. @[email protected])

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They do, given it's not on your instance. See the attached screenshot, the host website is in the same format you mentioned:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

not in kbin, you have to mouse over the name to see the host