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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)
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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] 2 points 2 years ago

Federation is based on a push methodology, that happens after a subscribe. The flow is that I subscribe to a federated community, and that community's server now knows my activitypub id, and can push community posts and comments to my servers inbox. The connection happens after that first subscribe.