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Federation Question (lemmy.tf)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm curious, if I'm subscribed to a community on an instance, why doesn't Lemmy "unlock" all of the communities on said instance. I've found that despite being subscribed to a few on an instance, my instance seems ignorant of other stuff happening on the instance.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You shine a torch at someone in the dark, you can see more than just them though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Yeah but that's a waste of light. Why use a floodlight when you can use a laser?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

in america, we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You still have maps and GPS though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So im guess you’re asking why things behave this way?

There are two parts.

Synchronising all of the data from all of the communities would consume more data and network resources. So instead, it’s only done if a user subscribes. Should help save on some data and synchronisation.
You may also want to know that a community exists on another instance even though you’ve never subscribed to it. And that’s fair IMO. Being able to explore what’s on another instance directly from yours makes sense. But that’s what the other instance is for. Go to their web page and explore from there. This is a decentralised system. Sure there are some rough edges … like being able to subscribe directly from the other instance should help smooth over the UX (and I think this might have been added in v0.19?)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the useful insight.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

No worries!!