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Posted in r/europe by u/Eigenspace • 176 points and 44 comments
  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    I don’t understand how someone in the comments says they’re tech literate but can’t figure lemmy out. Federation is somewhat akin to email. It’s really not all that complicated, imo, just a bit of extra friction at the onset to pick an instance.

    • Rogue@feddit.uk
      1·
      6 days ago

      Weaponised incompetence.

      They don’t want to try something new so they’re going to make it as hard as possible for themselves so they have an excuse to give up.

      Then they’re going to post about it hoping everybody stays with them.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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      6 days ago

      And picking any of the big instances is fine and easy. The hard thing would be hopefully you don’t get a tankie instance.

      • AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 hours ago

        This is my first day here . A link from reddit and random chatter over there brought me here . It is different but something a little more likeable in a weird quirky way.

        So what is/ are an “instance/instances” ? Is it like a r/ ?

        • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          7 hours ago

          Welcome! No, communities are our version of r/. Instances are like the server your account or community lives on. Yours is .world, mine is sh.itjust.works. Look after the user name. .world that’s a pretty good one.

          The instance admins can ultimately decide what sorts of things they want on their instance. Some will allow uploading large files but others won’t because it’s storage intensive. But you can embed from other sites too, so it’s not a big deal.

          Most all the instances talk with each other, so once your set up, there isn’t much of a difference. Just make sure your using the ‘all’ (all instances) instead of the ‘local’ (only .world) tab.

          Btw, you on mobile or desktop? Lemmy has a lot of good apps, I’m using boost right now.

          • AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world
            2·
            6 hours ago

            OK thanks ! I saw a list of " instances " at the bottom of the page and it showed a list of 5000 randon terms like you described .

            I am truly not tech savvy at all but I like to learn. Terms like embed are foreign to me but I can figure all that out :)

            I’m on mobile , so if I download another app will the view be different or a better experience?

            And not that it bothers me but while I got ya here … When I’m scrolling and open a thread then back out of the thread I have to scroll all the way back to where I backed out of (if that makes sense). Is that just a feature of the way the sight is set up / runs ?

            • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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              6 hours ago

              No problem! Embed just means the picture lives on a different computer, and you get it from there.

              I haven’t used the website much since I came from the Reddit blackout, but that issue sounds like an issue with the website. I think the apps are a better experience than the website. They let you save comment drafts, use volume keys to go up and down in the comments section, and get back to where you were before opening a post rather then back to the top.