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What is Federation, Defederation, Fediverse, Cross-Platform Instances etc.? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Arinn@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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There is also instances attached to national/local identity lemmy.ca, feddit.it, feddit.uk, jlai.lu (french), midwest.social, etc.

If you doesn't understand the concept of federation very well, I believe it is best to pick a more general instance that doesn't defederate much other. This way you will be able to explore community for many different instance and if you find a community to your liking, move there. Account migration is easy btw lemmy instances.