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Lemmy instances are like email servers.
Imagine my email address is [email protected]. I can send emails to other addresses on the gmail.com email server. But I can also send email to people who have accounts on the proton.me or outlook.com email servers, for example.
In the same way, my Lemmy account is on the slrpnk.net instance. There are several "solarpunk"-related communities there like [email protected] that I can post to. But I can also post to communities like this one, [email protected], which is on the lemmy.ca instance.
In the same way that gmail might block emails from a spam server, a lemmy instance might block interactions with another instance. This is called "defederation". I wouldn't worry about it too much, just use your account for a while to get the hang of things, but if you really want to explore defederation you can do so here: https://defed.xyz/
Oh wow. Still a tad confused but i think i get the gist. Thank you for explaining!
Yeah it shouldn't make a difference for everyday use, after a while it'll just become intuitive. Like, look at the following communities, they're on many different instances but you should have access to them all:
click here for a list of communities that are NOT politics, tech, or meme -related.
Most are currently active (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked)
GENERAL DISCUSSION / QUESTIONS
ART / PHOTOS
ANIMALS
COMICS / GRAPHIC NOVELS
ENTERTAINMENT
GENRES / STYLES
HISTORY
INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE
OTHER
FEDIVERSE
FINDING NEW/GOOD COMMUNITIES ON LEMMY
click here for a list of meme communities
MEMES, SOCIAL MEDIA REPOSTS, AND HUMOR (NON-POLITICAL)
Most of these are currently active. (except for the ones with a * which were less active last I checked). Sometimes politics sneaks in but that's not the focus.