this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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Ok I have a dumb question. Is Technology@beehaw.org supposed to have the same content as technology@lemmy.ml? Or are those two similarly names, but separate things with potentially differnt content?
They're different communities with the same name, because community names don't have to be unique between different instances. I get that subscribing to two different communities with the same theme is annoying when you could save time and subscribe to one, but having backup communities is a blessing when the instance shuts down or mods start power tripping. A "multireddit" feature that can combine multiple communities into one subscription feed would keep subscribing convenient without forcing only one community to exist per topic.
Thank you, this makes a lot of sense. Kinda what I figured, but wanted to make sure.
they are different communities with different content
this is one of the most confusing things about lemmy
I'm actually subscribed to both of these and will see if they both survive or if one of them becomes the 'main' tech community
They're supposed to have the same content, but may have different moderation.
A great example - /r/gaming vs. /r/games on Reddit (or /r/truegaming). All basically the same thing, but they have different moderation styles.
Thanks, this is an analogy I realized last night after posting my question. Makes a lot of sense when out like that.
This is the biggest confusion and obstacle to me.