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Yeah I'm still pretty confused tbh! So I'm on kbin, you have kbin next to your name too OP, but then the sidebar has reddthat.com and linux@lemmy.ml?
Does this mean we both signed up at kbin but the subreddit equivalent is linux (on Lemmy.ml)? But then how does reddthat.com come into it?
This is a post to linux community (@linux@lemmy.ml) by user falcoignis (@falcoignis@reddthat.com). You're reading it on kbin since it has federated this post. The default "front page" shows federated feed (Threads).
Oh of course that all makes perfect sense now….