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Link communities across multiple instances? (feddit.org)

submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by uridl@feddit.org to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am not very familiar with the technical workings of lemmy, so if this is a really shitty idea, just tell me.

I joined lemmy a week ago and it kind of bothered me that there is not THE me_irl or not THE programming_humor. Would it be possible to add the functionality to link communities together. In my naive opinion, this would solve my "problem" and add the opportunity to not only federate reddit, but to also federate single communities on lemmy.

What would be the pros and cons of such an approach? Looking forward for your comments!

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

One problem with that, is not all instances are federated. That is the beauty of lemmy being decentralized is that there can be multiple instances of a community. See the drama regarding !196@lemmy.blahaj.zone vs !196@lemmy.world vs whatever the other one was.

Some users prefer specific instances over others. I try to avoid .world and .ml communities when possible because of their typically heavy handed moderation, instead opting for smaller communities and instances.