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Just a newbie saying hello and asking some questions about instances, federation and communities (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Good day! First post 🥇 Hello, thanks for having me, people of beehaw.org 😄

What a cool idea, to have a social media site organised like this ––– I love it!! I've been without the algorithm (IG, FB, X, etc...) for quite a while now, and I think the Lemmyverse will be much fun to explore 🔍. I write explore, because the other week I was watching TechnologyConnections new video on the ~ 𝚊 𝚕 𝚐 𝚘 𝚛 𝚒 𝚝 𝚑 𝚖 ~ where he was talking about how many users are feeling more and more alienated by it, wishing for a more self-curated experience. I couldn't have agreed more, and then I remembered Lemmy from an old MentalOutlaw video, back when Reddit turned 💩 for good (I was never a user).

Anyway, I just have a couple of questions, which I hope, I am posing in the right comm... 🥴

I want to post to Hexbear's DIY community – as far as I can tell, it's the biggest one by far. However, Hexbear is not federated with Beehaw. That means, I'd have to create a seperate account for Hexbear. Correct?
Do you 🫵 make an account for every instance that you're interested in, which is not federated with Beehaw?
Is there a way to see which instances are federated with Beehaw? The /search/ page is helpful, but I have to search manually, whereas I'd like an overview type of thing.
Do you use an app on Android? I like Thunder, you?

I hope I did okay for my first post 😄
Much love and thanks in advance,

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I want to post to Hexbear’s DIY community – as far as I can tell, it’s the biggest one by far. However, Hexbear is not federated with Beehaw. That means, I’d have to create a seperate account for Hexbear. Correct?

Yes that's correct. If an instance wants to separate itself from another the only way is to have an account with an instance that is federated with the one you want to post on.

Do you 🫵 make an account for every instance that you’re interested in, which is not federated with Beehaw?

If you want to that's an option. It might be the best option as federation between instances can change in the future. Sometimes it might be a better to help the other communities grow by giving them the content. It's up to you.

Is there a way to see which instances are federated with Beehaw? The /search/ page is helpful, but I have to search manually, whereas I’d like an overview type of thing.

https://defed.xyz/

Do you use an app on Android? I like Thunder, you?

Thats up to you what you like best

Welcome to lemmy! Glad you found us. Make yourself at home. And it was a great first post!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Thank you for your response!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hello and welcome:)

To answer your questions:

Umm, yeah, you'd have to make an account on hexbear or any other instances that federated with them, but hexbear shut down few weeks ago, due to a domain expiration (I think eventually something new might be created)
It's not exactly necessary to make an account for every instance, but you could have a few accounts on instances that federate with instances you interested in. I'm on mander which federates with almost all instances, apart from meta's threads and maybe one more I think. You could check the ideas surrounding an instance before making an account to see if it suits you.
Yeah, to check the instances an instance federates with, go to "instance-address"/instances, where "instance-address" is the url of your instance. For beehaw that would be https://beehaw.org/instances
Ayy, I too use Thunder:)

Hope I helped😄

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Thank you for your response!