this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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I'd love to find interesting things to subscribe to.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're different communities with the same name, because community names don't have to be unique between different instances. I get that subscribing to two different communities with the same theme is annoying when you could save time and subscribe to one, but having backup communities is a blessing when the instance shuts down or mods start power tripping. A "multireddit" feature that can combine multiple communities into one subscription feed would keep subscribing convenient without forcing only one community to exist per topic.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, this makes a lot of sense. Kinda what I figured, but wanted to make sure.