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It's understandable to be confused. The easiest way to wrap your head around it is to think of it like the difference between Gmail and Hotmail, they both have the same purpose and do the same thing (showing you emails) but they are on different servers run by different people.
Lemmy.ml -- lemmy.world -- lemm.ee -- etc.
They are all servers that connect together. Some posts, pictures, and profiles are saved to one server, some are saved on another. All of that is accessible between all of them.
Gotcha, I think more or less I already understood that much. I meant more so how do they (lemmy.world vs lemm.ee specifically) differentiate from one another?
Is it simply the instances they federate with or is it the ones they block? Is there a “goal” for them worth considering when picking one? I only picked lemmy.world because it was the most popular. Saw that OP is from lemm.ee so thought I’d ask this here.
So for example: I’m somewhat interested in seeing how things go when threads users get included in the fediverse. I saw a post from lemm.ee basically saying they were considering it while another preemptively blocked them.
Sorry if this is too specific lol.
So you can already kinda see how the different instances differ.
They all for the most part run the same server which means they will all look the same. The difference then comes down to how they will manage the server and moderate the users.
I can't give specifics between lemm.ee and lemmy.world because I haven't really seen much from the admins. I know Ruud, the admin of lemmy.world, also hosts large instances of other federated platforms like Mastodon, so it can be assumed they are experienced with hosting and there will likely be limited service interruptions that other instances may face.
One instance may be more relaxed with controversial topics and not block them from happening, one may want to defedare with certain instances because they simply don't agree with their viewpoint even if others may be interested in hear from other viewpoints, one instance may not want to update to the latest Lemmy version right away which means things might be slow or not work as well until they do update.
I'm sorry if you are looking for the actual specific difference between lemmy.world and lemm.ee, but ideally the administration of an instance should be transparent to you.
Don’t be sorry, your replies were helpful and informative. I didn’t even consider server performance.
Server performance is a big one, lemmy.world was really slow for a while because it was the biggest one
Well you also have to consider the philosophy of your admins. They can block and censor anything for you basically. You might join an instance that removes posts critical of a certain country, etc.
But mostly it's just about who they defederate
Got it. So why did you pick thelemmy.club?
Actually, I run thelemmy.club
So I get to make all those decisions. I try to be fairly laid back though as I have over 100 users now (though only a dozen or two active ones)
As a seperate note, you can click the
Instancesbutton at the bottom of the page to see the other instances that are being federated and being blocked by the instance you're on.