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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

Rules

  1. All posts must be showerthoughts
  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
  3. Avoid politics
    • 3.1) NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out
    • 3.2) Political posts often end up being circle jerks (not offering unique perspective) or enflaming (too much work for mods).
    • 3.3) Try c/politicaldiscussion, volunteer as a mod here, or start your own community.
  4. Posts must be original/unique
  5. Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct

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

But isn't this the main website? Why can't I use it?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is no 'main' website. It's all connected. People just started joining that because it's big and overloaded it, and now it's having federation and stability issues.

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

I am new here so sorry for asking this, but am I expected to join the same communities on 75 different Lemmy clones?

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

Federation means you can search for your community on your instance and it will fetch all the information if you want to subscribe. I am writing this comment with my account on feddit.de. I just switched to the „all“ feed, which shows all content from all servers feddit federated with. If I am looking up a new community to join like [email protected] feddit will copy the posts for mento be able to interact with them. My reactions will be synched back.

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

I just created two communities: Sudoku, and Nonograms, in Lemmy World. Can you see them?