Was there even a mass exodus? I largely avoid Reddit now, but I do kind of doubt that they’ve been hurt in any meaningful way by all the protests and people leaving…

  • kissland@lemmy.world
    141·
    1 year ago

    only thing i cant stand about lemmy is trying to understand what the fuck it is and how it works.

    some top post about a “sub”? “lemmy place”? idk what to call it, “defederating from us”. does that mean from all lemmy things, that lemmy thing? what does it mean to defederate? is there an easy way to browse for subs like reddit?

    • bleph@lemmy.world
      9·
      1 year ago

      All the Lemmy (and Kbin) servers (instances) can theoretically talk to each other. You can follow communities on other instances and comment and post like you are used to.

      You could think of each server as an independent city-state, each with it’s own leaders, customs and citizens.

      If two instances have a feud that can’t be resolved, they will “defederate” and then their users will no longer be able to contact each other.

      There are Nazi instances here in the Fediverse (for example), but they get blocked on sight so you almost never see their garbage in the feeds.

      Does that help?

    • Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      1 year ago

      When you think about it with 3 instances, it’s fun and strange.

      Imagine 3 instances. lemmy.world / beehaw.org / lemmy.dbzer0.com.
      Now call them A, B and C.

      Now A and B defederates.
      Accounts on A can’t see content published on B anymore. And can’t publish on these “forums” (communities/magazines…)
      And accounts on B can’t see content published on A anymore. And can’t publish on these forums.

      However, an account on C can see everything and publish anywhere !

      –

      You should consider your account as a passport. The instance/country delivering you the passport is important, since it gives you permissions/visas. If everyone in your instance is behaving like shit, your instance will be defederated and you’ll loose permissions/visas to be able to browse other instances.