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For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience?
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this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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How federalization works can be a bit confusing. For me the biggest hurdle to get over was how the different instances - lemmy.ml and lemmy.world - are separate websites. They can connect and interact with each other because they're federalized, but your account is only on lemmy.world.
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Relative links for communities (subreddits) can work across instances:
As long as your instance knows the community exists the links should work.
Thanks for your reply. I feel like I 90% get the concept of federalisation, and it's very interesting. Just from a purely user experience point of view (because this is what was asked), I've already had several times where I've ended up on the "wrong" instance without realising it. I guess it partly takes getting used to. My experience has been more positive than negative overall though.
Yeah I'm right there with you. I probably made about 5 accounts not understanding why I couldn't interact whenever I clicked certain links.
So now I'm trying to help others figure it out when I see a fellow lost redditor!
Haha, same! I think it was three accounts for me until it clicked. I can't recall exactly what I was doing wrong, but I remember it had something to do with replying to comments that was my main source of confusion; from my inbox it mattered somehow (this is the bit I can't recall) what I clicked on to go to the originating community, only one way took me there in a way that preserved my login/subscription (man, I don't understand yet how to talk about this system).