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What's the difference between two communities when one has an @ and the other doesn't? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by joinmyframily0118999 to c/[email protected]

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Just joined and I'm looking around for communities. I went to search for an Android one and I saw an Android one but also [email protected]. Is that a specific instance's Android?

Also minor question, are they called communities here? And it's /c/ instead of /r/ right?

Edit: I may have figured it out. The instance I'm on doesn't show the @ but other instances do. Is that correct?

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[–] scutiger 4 points 2 years ago

Edit: I may have figured it out. The instance I’m on doesn’t show the @ but other instances do. Is that correct?

Exactly

Also minor question, are they called communities here? And it’s /c/ instead of /r/ right?

Yes.

I recommend subscribing to the communities you're interested in so you can see the posts only from those. It also keeps you from confusing communities with the same names from different instances. There's no curated front page here, unlike reddit, so it's good to curate your own experience.