Since it seems to be a common question for many new users.

  • Ophy
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    1 year ago

    What is the major difference between something like Lemmy vs Kbin, etc., compared to just two different Lemmy “planets”?

    Also, how do other platforms in the fediverse fit into this analogy? Something like Mastodon, would that be considered another galaxy? Is there any travel between these or do they require the birth of a new fedinaut within that galaxy to interact with those worlds?

    • 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.works
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      Mastadon is like a galaxy of federated planets that can speak/travel to Lemmy planets when they want to, but lemmy can’t really understand anything they say to each other and can’t really travel to their planets (mastadon is ‘people’ based like twitter, whereas lemmy is ‘subject’ based like reddit)

      I dont know how kbin fits into this analogy. I think it basically is the same as lemmy and can talk/travel to lemmy but also only understands some mastadon