I checked this site out since Reddit is getting worse and the original 196 subreddit banned me without reason. What exactly is this website?

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    4 months ago

    It’s like r/games and r/gaming, you know? Different communities, different moderators, same topic. Or rather, same rule.

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      4 months ago

      Ah, okay! I think the biggest hurdle for me is what seems to be multiple domains? I’ve tried reading about the “fediverse,” but I can’t really wrap my head around it

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        It’s just like email (or Usenet on the chance you’re old) - you have an account on lemmy.world, you can only log in on lemmy.world, but you can read and reply to users and posts on fedia.io, mander.xyz, feddit.org, etc., et al

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        4 months ago

        Ah, the domains / instances are simple:

        Imagine that they’re houses. Your home is lemmy.world, my home is mander.xyz. We’re both visiting lemmy.blahaj.zone, and chatting together.

        And just like your house can have a kitchen that’s completely separated from my house’s kitchen, two instances can have two separated versions of the same community.

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    4 months ago

    There was some drama with the moderators of the original, which got locked then moved to lemmy.world, and then people made their onw here. There’s also a few alt 196 communities, there’s one on the tankie instance, and there’s a furry one too.