• Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    1 year ago

    All communities exist across the fediverse, it doesn’t matter on which instance you personally are. Or am I missing something?

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      1 year ago

      Admins / instance owners can control what other instances and communities the local users have access to. And entire instances can be dropped automatically because of long response times.

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          1 year ago

          This was one of the top instances recommended on join-lemmy, and it couldn’t find top communities from lemmyverse. Out of curiosity, I poked my head back to the instance a second ago, and I see users asking the server owner about it.

          Maybe my experience is rare, but if the instance you choose is going to have a material effect on what instances and communities you can interact with, that’s essential info to choosing a home.