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Lemmy resembles the old reddit experience so well that they even emulate the old reddit server performance
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this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.
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What does it mean to say that Lemmy is federated?
Its decentralized, so this comment or whatever you post can be hosted on your own server or a community server you trust instead of somewhere like twitter or reddit that rely on a single entity for uptime, ownership whatever.
Basically there are many different Lemmy servers. Http://lemmy.world Http://lemmy.ml Http://shit.just.works Etc etc
It doesn’t matter which one you sign up for. Most of them talk to one another. For example. Lemmy.ml people can subscribe to and read Lemmy.world communities.
Lemmy can also talk to other “fediverse” social media platforms like Kbin. You often see a lot of Kbin users in Lemmy comments.