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Are communities with the same name, but different instances linked at all? e.g., Does /c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml and /c/asklemmy@lemmy.world have any relation? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by SeaOtter@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I understand that a user on any instance can subscribe to any community in the fediverse, but I have been a bit confused when searching for communities to join. Sometimes there are communities on different instances, with the exact same name.

Do these communities talk to each other at all, or are they completely separate, with a different host, posts, mods, subscribers etc.
Should I just join the largest (and presumably, most active) one?
Is there anything in place to discourage communities of same name, but different instances, from “competing”?

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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 13 points 1 year ago

No
Yes, or both
No

It's like the early days of Reddit. Plenty of competing subs for one topic. /r/Tech and /r/Technology

Eventually more people join one, and that one becomes more active and gets shared more, then it becomes the clear winner with way more users than the other. Just give it time