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What is Lemmy? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by velourium_camper@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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I know there are posts out there explaining this quite well, but I would love an ELI5 version. What is Lemmy and the Fediverse?

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[–] YahahaYouFoundMe@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So if I have an account on lemmy.world, can I post on lemmy.ml without creating an account there? If not, I don't understand how all the instances "communicate" if I have to have multiple accounts to interact with each one.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

A lemmy.world user can make posts on lemmy.ml and vice versa. You don't need to be a member of the one you post to, but you need to be a member of any one of the federated instances. You can even start your own instance and be the only member on it if you like.

[–] NumberedDuck@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not understanding this either. Do I see posts made by Lemmy.ml when I’m Lemmy.world? If I subscribe to a group like memes can people with a Lemmy.ml account also join it? Or is their meles group a different one?

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