i just don’t get how this shit works. last night i clicked on something on hexbear that took me to lemmy.blahaj or something, and one of the first banners i see on a community says “fuck tankies”. what is that site, how is it related to this one? then there’s lemmygrad. also one i find myself on from this site. but despite looking identical my hexbear account doesn’t work on there so it’s not part of hexbear?

my ass is stupid and confused.

  • comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    It might be helpful to think about federation sort of like the email protocol. Users with different email providers can still send emails to each other

    Hexbear is a Lemmy instance, people can create accounts submit links and post comments. Users with accounts from other Lemmy instances can also submit links and post comments, as long as the site has allowed users from that instance

    Additionally, like the email analogy, Lemmy instances can also display content from other instances as long as the site has allowed content from that instance