Very difficult to discuss with the fiance without know the terminology yet lol

  • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    new to lemmy…

    if there different “linux” communities on different instances? does this mean i have to subscribe to all of them? is there a way to see all content from communities called “linux” from different instances?

    or does each “linux” community simply fight for critical mass to become the “main” linux community on lemmy?

    thanks

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      1 year ago

      There could be different linux communities on different instances, and to see them all you’d have to subscribe to them and sort by subscribed view. But yeah, in practice most of the time there will emerge one “main” linux community and, if it gets big enough, likely offshoot communities for different philosophies or more specificity.

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          1 year ago

          That does sound like a good idea, kind of like Reddit’s old multireddit function.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t dislike the idea that there could be multiple similar communities (for example Linux communities) on different instances. That way if you have beef with one you could sign up to another; in a non-ideal world that strikes me as healthier than having one to rule them all and lots of people bitter about it. I think it’s best to leave it to sort itself out organically.