ysk - your account doesn't exist on other instances and communities don't overlap - eviltoast

User accounts are fragmented and just because you signed on at lemmy.world doesn’t mean your account exists on lemmy.ca.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1985

Communities are fragmented and /c/games on lemmy.world is completely different than the one on lemmy.ml with its own users, set of posts, etc.

Lemmy does not currently allow for instance or user migration.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3057

Nor does it allow for shared communities (ie the aforementioned /c/games is unified across multiple instances)

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3100

We are in the early days. If you’re eager feel free to join in the development on these any many other core issues. There’s real potential here.

  • JackOfAllTraits@lemmy.world
    52·
    1 year ago

    This is a very important note, and I am afraid this post will confuse people. Yes, there are multiple c/games, but you can follow all of them from any of the accounts and comment, post and otherwise interact as long as your instances are federated.

    • everythingsucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      It definitely confused me. I’m used to reddit so the idea that I would have to have multiple accounts was a huge downside. Thanks for clearing it up… At least a littl.

      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        You don’t need multiple accounts. While there are two separate communities on two separate servers, you can see them both from any server that is federated together.

        • Sreudian_flip@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That actually explains a lot. I was searching for an ADHD community and saw 2 of them. Both had similar community numbers but were different.

          I followed them both

    • 2bR02b@lemmy.one
      11·
      1 year ago

      The post clearly mentions “c/games on lemmy.world”, not just “c/games”. Cut them some slack.