cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/26769543
It’s really just me and an army of alts talking to myself.
Submitted 2 weeks ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/26769543
It’s really just me and an army of alts talking to myself.
How do you do, fello bot
And we all hate ML
Hate is a strong word. They’re really cool most of the time, but sometimes you roll your eyes, but it’s never something to be hated for.
.ml subs are weird, but .ml users are chill
Eh, some of those folks do have hateable opinions, but I understand your point. You truly are a happy little frog.
They’re only “really cool” because the ml admins are so heavy handed with moderation. From the outside looking in, it looks like calm waters. But dig into the modlog, and you’ll quickly discover that it’s only calm because the admins only leave a very small and tightly controlled window for discourse.
Except those of us who are Marxist Leninists :p
(not that I am lol)
… or car enthusiast (Meecedes Benz ML)
I hate all you turdz
muhahahahahahahaha
And we’re all wicked into politically charged shitposts
Dozens sounds like a lot. There are 4 users, and a bumch of tankie bots. The bots sometimes argue, and it reminds me of home.
I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m not having a good time but I am indeed here
Well you got an account made, and that’s a start! Lemmy’s UI may feel familiar if you’re an old.reddit user. There are apps like Voyager that feel like spiritual successors to AlienBlue and Apollo, so if you used those apps before they were killed, you’ll feel right at home.
The best way I’ve seen to describe the platform is to think of it like email. An @gmail account can send email to an @yahoo account just fine. The specific platform is agnostic because they all use the same email backend. That’s essentially how federation works, with a bunch of different servers/instances agreeing to use the same data sharing backend.
So you’re on lemmy.zip, so you’ll be able to see and interact with any instances that lemmy.zip is federated with. Federation is simply the decision to actively share that data. And defederation is when a server chooses not to share data with another instance. One of the biggest impacts your server choice makes is which instances it is federated/defederated with. That will determine which communities you can access, as you’ll only be able to see communities on local or federated instances.
The one big caveat is that defederating from an instance won’t stop you seeing posts from those users on another instance. For example, I’m on dbzer0. Let’s say dbzer0 and zip decide to defederate. You’d stop seeing communities on dbzer0, and vice versa. But if I posted to lemmy.world, you’d be able to see my post as long as you’re still federated with lemmy.world. The third instance (lemmy.world, in this example) essentially acts as a proxy to allow both to see each other. So defederation isn’t the same thing as a filter or block, as it only stops you from seeing things that are posted on that defederated instance.
I am sorry to hear that. PieFed has way better onboarding tools, see e.g. https://piefed.zip/ - even if you want to keep your current account, you can still use that PieFed instance to discover communities and content that you will enjoy.
Tens of us!
Dozens!
Im doing my part! 🫡
Hi.
I’m afraid I just federated myself
shit is it solipsism saturday already?
l0se_rz
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Its you, me, PubJesus and a bunch of RSS bots. Just how I like it.
Chezus9247@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hi, your obedient RSS bot here.
Linearity@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget cm002
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
PubJesus is PugJesus’ cousin who posts exclusively
Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Beep boop.
Exusia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Beep boop
toomanypancakes@piefed.world 2 weeks ago
Beep boop