This is just a test to see if i can post on other Lemmy instances.
- jcg ( @jcg@halubilo.social ) English12•2 years ago
Welcome to the fediverse!
- sting ( @sting@sopuli.xyz ) English11•2 years ago
I still haven’t quite figured out how this works but here is a comment from a completely unrelated instance!
- Hexorg ( @Hexorg@beehaw.org ) English7•2 years ago
It works like email. All instances talk in the background between each other.
- SkipWapPallyPap ( @SkipWapPallyPap@lemmy.world ) English1•2 years ago
Okay so expanding this analogy, I can email anyone including myself (posting to my own instance), and everyone can reply all at any time? Or am I slightly off?
- Hexorg ( @Hexorg@beehaw.org ) English2•2 years ago
No that’s correct. Slight deviation from email is that email is unicast - you send email to one person (and if you have multiple recepients it gets copied that many times). On lemmy the code on instances does something more like a optimized broadcast when you post to your own instance when someone is subscribed to a community on your instance.
- VentraSqwal ( @VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social ) English4•2 years ago
Same lol. But I’m glad it send to be working. I’m getting used to this slowly but surely.
And it seems to be improving fast enough, and I’ll try to contribute soon, too, once I get used to how this all works.
- Kryostar ( @Kryostar@mastodon.online ) 1•2 years ago
@sting here’s me trying to figure out how activity pub works. https://beehaw.org/comment/188913.
The entire thread that follows is very useful for understanding how this works, in a simple way.Edit: markdown wasn’t working.
- papaya_punch ( @papaya_punch@lemm.ee ) English1•2 years ago
I joined just a few hours ago so I might be somewhat off, but the way I think about it is: every instance is a server with its own set of communities and moderation rules. You can create an account on any instance but can interact with communities in that and in other instances. That is why you will see communities such as gaming in more than one instance. Is this close enough?
- Track_Shovel ( @Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ) English6•2 years ago
You good, fam.
- russjr08 ( @russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net ) English4•2 years ago
Hello from The Outpost! 👋
- Slashzero ( @slashzero@hakbox.social ) English2•2 years ago
Good day to you!
- nii236 ( @nii236@lemmy.jtmn.dev ) English1•2 years ago
Oh that’s cool, I knew I could read from remote communities but didn’t know I can make new posts on them too
- raisedbyacupofcoffee ( @raisedbyacupofcoffee@beehaw.org ) English1•2 years ago
It’s all combined. Different instances have their own rules and communities, but you can interact with all of them.
- nlm ( @nlm@beehaw.org ) English1•2 years ago
Hey! 👋