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I found a major communication problem with public perception of Lemmy. they seem to think a community is tied to a particular instance (www.reddit.com)

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This is a big problem. It creates the illusion that /c/cats on one particular instance is the real /c/cats.

This is the root of re-centralization and it must be pulled out.

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[–] dmtalon 1 points 2 years ago

I think (this means I'm guessing from what I have read/understand) that each instance can only see communities they're federated with. Meaning that if nobody on the server has subscribed to community X then that instance won't find that community in its community search section.

Could be totally wrong but when I look for communities on smaller instance they don't seem to find as many. And I read a couple posts on self hosting community that leads me to believe that's whats happening

So, if that's right you really need to search for communities from a big instance.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong!