As in the title, is lemmy.world like r/all? I’m just trying to get a handle on how this decentralized server angle works, and sorting out how to post beyond people on the lemmy.ca server. Can anyone explain it like I’m a moron, because I am.
As in the title, is lemmy.world like r/all? I’m just trying to get a handle on how this decentralized server angle works, and sorting out how to post beyond people on the lemmy.ca server. Can anyone explain it like I’m a moron, because I am.
I’m also new here but that’s one thing I tried to understand, so I share what I got so far.
AFAIK, there is no equivalent to /r/all across all lemmy instances (servers). While in theory most of them can see and talk to each other, they do not, until a user specifically requests that. Communities on other instances do not show up in your search until one user from your instance “discovers” that community on another instance.
To discover a community, search for it with a bang prefixed: “!pics@lemmy.world” (just an example, this most probably already is discovered for you)
But once that link is established, it works seemlessly and you can post/comment on other instances as if it was your own.
“pics@lemmy.world” is equivalent to “https://lemmy.world/c/pics”. If you want to remain logged in, access it through your home instance: “https://lemmy.ca/c/pics@lemmy.world”.
You can use the community browser to get an outside view (regardless of which instance discovered which community): https://browse.feddit.de/