“Comm” actually is lemmys version of subreddit, short for community. We are chatting in the vegan recipes sub/comm.
“Instance” is your home server, as unlike reddit there are lots of servers, each privately owned with their own rules, from which you access content on the “fediverse” (federated universe).
“Federation” is the term to mean that while you and i aren’t on the same server, (im on sh.itjust.works) our two instances talk to each other and allow us to have this conversation.
Some “instances/servers” choose to federate with all other servers, some do not, so my earlier comment was saying 'i don’t know what other servers/instances your instance (feddit.org) talks to/federates with.
When you’re exploring feddit.org, there’s an option to see “local” (feddit.org posts only) or subscribed (im bettin ya already know what that does) or All.
All is the one that will show you posts from every instance yours federates with. If you select “All” i think you’ll be able to see more posts.
Other things you may wish to try is changing your view from top hour (or whatever its on) to a different one (i default to “top 6 hours” and “active” usually) and see if posts pop up.
If youre coming from reddit it may be a shock how much less content there is comparatively. I know there are more active vegan subs on other instances but im not the best resource for that, hopefully someone else can hop in with a list of the most active for ya <3
These being a bunch of smaller servers rather than one giant one means upkeep is comparatively cheap. Don’t quote me but you could probably spin up your very own instance and federate it with the others for a few thousand bucks. Since theyre privately owned there aren’t investors driving for profits, there just needs to be enough money to keep the domain registered and the electricity on.
To your question about gilding comments: As far as i know? No instances do this, and it isn’t possible to donate to all of em, just each one separately.
If you would like to donate money to help keep things running, click the sidebar on your main page (not in a comm, the main feddit.org page) and there should be a donation link.
I think I know what you mean. :D
What is a comm? Like “what exactly”
Well i actually used the wrong term, sorry.
“Comm” actually is lemmys version of subreddit, short for community. We are chatting in the vegan recipes sub/comm.
“Instance” is your home server, as unlike reddit there are lots of servers, each privately owned with their own rules, from which you access content on the “fediverse” (federated universe).
“Federation” is the term to mean that while you and i aren’t on the same server, (im on sh.itjust.works) our two instances talk to each other and allow us to have this conversation.
Some “instances/servers” choose to federate with all other servers, some do not, so my earlier comment was saying 'i don’t know what other servers/instances your instance (feddit.org) talks to/federates with.
When you’re exploring feddit.org, there’s an option to see “local” (feddit.org posts only) or subscribed (im bettin ya already know what that does) or All.
All is the one that will show you posts from every instance yours federates with. If you select “All” i think you’ll be able to see more posts.
Other things you may wish to try is changing your view from top hour (or whatever its on) to a different one (i default to “top 6 hours” and “active” usually) and see if posts pop up.
If youre coming from reddit it may be a shock how much less content there is comparatively. I know there are more active vegan subs on other instances but im not the best resource for that, hopefully someone else can hop in with a list of the most active for ya <3
thanks this helped alot
EDIT: Since theres so many servers in different possessions, how do they keep afloat?
And is there like a (unified) medal award system (like silver, gold) for comments and posts on that note?
These being a bunch of smaller servers rather than one giant one means upkeep is comparatively cheap. Don’t quote me but you could probably spin up your very own instance and federate it with the others for a few thousand bucks. Since theyre privately owned there aren’t investors driving for profits, there just needs to be enough money to keep the domain registered and the electricity on.
To your question about gilding comments: As far as i know? No instances do this, and it isn’t possible to donate to all of em, just each one separately.
If you would like to donate money to help keep things running, click the sidebar on your main page (not in a comm, the main feddit.org page) and there should be a donation link.