submitted 13 hours ago by sulegulmen@lemmy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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What exactly is lemmy.org? Is it just one of the Lemmy communities, or is it the main scene of the network?

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[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 hours ago

I love that no one reads the sidebar before posting in here.

[-] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 12 hours ago

Hello fellow humans. What a great day to be... um... doing human things like breathe air and um... hand shakingly grabs glass of water drink water gurgling sounds

[-] KubrickFR@lemmy.world 14 points 13 hours ago

Lemmy is a federated platform where each instance is run independently but can interact with all the other ones. lemmy.org is such an instance.

Your account is on it (written sulegulmen@lemmy.org) but I (KubrickFR@lemmy.world) can see and reply to your post on the community c/asklemmy (similar to r/something on Reddit)

Hope this is useful, I'm no expert...

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 12 hours ago

Maybe it’s the original? I don’t know. Doesn’t really matter. The Fediverse means all these Lemmy instances are networked, meaning if one kicks you off it you decide you don’t like it, you can join another, as opposed to Reddit, where if you say something one group doesn’t like, they can kick you off the whole platform.

[-] yourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 hours ago

The original Lemmy instance is actually Lemmy.ml

[-] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago

Thanks! I'm new to this so still finding my way. I appreciate the clarification.

[-] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 5 points 13 hours ago

One of many lemmy instances. Communities and users originate from an instance.

[-] Anarki_ 5 points 13 hours ago

Hello from Blåhaj :3

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