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ELI5: How does Lemmy operate? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Would be helpful for most new users to understand how Lemmy works and how the different hosts interact with each other in a basic way.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well, the software they run is different. The frontend looks different, etc. Lemmy can connect with kbin, as well as Mastodon, so it's just one big network at the end of the day.