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unsunny Jun 11, 2023

I put together a guide aimed at Redditors for Kbin and Lemmy!

I put together a guide aimed at Redditors for Kbin and Lemmy! - Beehaw

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly. I chose to handwrite the text to avoid font copyright infringement. Feel free to share this poster as you wish, especially on Reddit. All I ask is that you respect the license and don’t remove my socials at the bottom. If anyone’s addition is included, I’ll credit them, and if this gets added onto (or translated) by someone else later, they can add their info as well. I hope someone can find it useful with the subreddit blackouts right around the corner. I want to thank the Beehaw admins so much for their amazing work!

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levmyskin Jun 11, 2023

As others have said, I would not talk about de-federation, and try to keep text as concise as possible. I believe we need a super easy, short and visual guide (this one is definitely on the right track).

I think the core concepts that should be illustrated are:

fediverse nature (as you did);
it doesn't matter where (on which instance) you sign up, you can still access and interact with all content of any other instance. Could be seen like having multiple doors (or streets) to access the same room (or town square).

I believe these two are the most important bits of information (and what puzzles people the most)

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rustyspoon Jun 11, 2023

Could you elaborate on why it doesn't matter which instance you join? Because I've tried accessing communities from other instances using my Beehaw account, and I'm unable to comment without registering under that instance first

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levmyskin

Yes, seeing other instances communities from your own instance can be painful, and this is (as far as I understand) something the devs are working on. The way I do this is by simply setting the feed to all, so that you can see communities from all instances. If you need to look for a specific community from another instance see here.