User accounts are fragmented and just because you signed on at lemmy.world doesn’t mean your account exists on lemmy.ca.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1985

Communities are fragmented and /c/games on lemmy.world is completely different than the one on lemmy.ml with its own users, set of posts, etc.

Lemmy does not currently allow for instance or user migration.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3057

Nor does it allow for shared communities (ie the aforementioned /c/games is unified across multiple instances)

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3100

We are in the early days. If you’re eager feel free to join in the development on these any many other core issues. There’s real potential here.

  • JorMaFur@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 year ago

    BUT you can still upvote or comment on posts from different instances if you access them from within the instance your account is from!

    So you don’t need to create one account for each instance.

    Edit: commented from a lemm.ee account

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yea the post is misleading. The community is !games@lemmy.world not /c/games. That’s reddit language creeping in.

      • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yes, saying c/gaming is meaningless. I pointed this out to one user yesterday and got the most unbelievable snark back.

    • JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      This is a very important note, and I am afraid this post will confuse people. Yes, there are multiple c/games, but you can follow all of them from any of the accounts and comment, post and otherwise interact as long as your instances are federated.

      • everythingsucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It definitely confused me. I’m used to reddit so the idea that I would have to have multiple accounts was a huge downside. Thanks for clearing it up… At least a littl.

        • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          You don’t need multiple accounts. While there are two separate communities on two separate servers, you can see them both from any server that is federated together.

          • Sreudian_flip@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            That actually explains a lot. I was searching for an ADHD community and saw 2 of them. Both had similar community numbers but were different.

            I followed them both

      • 2bR02b@lemmy.one
        01·
        1 year ago

        The post clearly mentions “c/games on lemmy.world”, not just “c/games”. Cut them some slack.

    • neal@lemmy.world
      0·
      1 year ago

      Exactly - as long as the instance isnt defederated, you should be able to post/comment/upvote/mod in communities that are outside of your home instance.

        • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
          2·
          1 year ago

          They do. This post is a bit misleading. If anyone on your instance is subscribed to games@lemmy.world or games@lemmy.ml, which are two different communities, then those posts would show up on your instance.

          For instance, of you’re on lemmy.world, there are two communities:

          https://lemmy.world/c/games and https://lemmy.world/c/games@lemmy.ml. Two different communities, synced across both instances. The reverse would be true of you were on lemmy.ml.

          • GoosLife@lemmy.world
            1·
            1 year ago

            Wait, anyone on my instance? So does this mean that signing up for a larger instance, like lemmy.world will have a bigger chance of exposing me to more content, considering the larger chance of someone being subscribed cross-instances, in which case that content has a chance of showing up on my feed? Is that correctly understood?

            • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com
              2·
              1 year ago

              Yes and no. Eventually smaller instances federate a ton of content, and it can happen very quickly. I wouldn’t be too concerned about this.