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People need to realize you can use alternatives

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When I first looked into Lemmy I thought picking an instance confined you to that instance. I think a lot of new people don't realize that isn't the case.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

It's definitely a new concept for people. I've been on Mastodon for a while so I'm already used to the idea of multiple instances

I think over time more people will figure it out and it won't be so confusing. Like how people intuitively understand that if you have a Gmail account you can still send emails to people on Outlook

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Having to register on new ones is annoying though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you don’t need to right? You just access other instances through your own? (I actually don’t understand at all but I think this is correct)

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

It’s like email. You can access anyone who has an email on a different server unless your server admin blocks them.

[–] Rinesi 1 points 1 year ago

You don’t register on each one :p