I don’t understand how Lemmy.world developers managed to surpass both Lemmy.ml and Beehaw.org instances in user activity.

  • pinwurm@lemmy.world
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    1 年前

    Imagine phone companies. An instance is like Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile or any other provider.

    If you want to talk to your friends, it doesn’t really matter what instance they’re on.
    A Verizon customer can still call a AT&T customer no problem. A Verizon customer doesn’t need to also sign up for AT&T to do that. It all just… works.

    People talking about different instances is like people talking about different phone companies. “Verizon’s coverage is better” or “T-Mobile has better support” or that kinda thing.

    • Thepolish@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 年前

      All the analogies to mobile providers reminds me of the time when they’re was no interoperability for mms. Sms iirc worked but you better have the same company as a friend if you wanted to send that grainy vga photo you just took with your fancy new razr.