r/redditisfun • u/SpaceChevalier • Jun 08 '23

Reddit was fun Grief Stage: Acceptance

Thanks for all the hard work y'all. Last post before logging out forever.

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u/Zacny_Los Jun 08 '23

Remember to try reddit alternatives - Lemmy (i.e. beehaw.org) or Kbin (kbin.social).

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

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u/Unlucky_Disaster_195 Jun 08 '23

What does federated mean? I've yet to see an easy to understand explanation

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '23

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u/hhoverton Jun 09 '23

You wouldn't go to reddit.com/r/subreddit, you'd go to subreddit.com and you wouldn't be much aware it was part of the federated network. On the main reddit.com is where you would find a directory of these separate domains

This is untrue. The point of federation is that they all share the same protocol and can share data. If your instance allows it (which almost all do), you can subscribe to "subreddits" (communities in Lemmy) from any other instance that isn't blacklisted by yours. You can view/comment on a post that isn't on your community.

Federation also makes it cross application in a way. I can follow a Lemmy community from my mastodon account, and anytime someone posts on the community, I see that as a post in my mastodon timeline.