GraphineJun 15, 2023

Is lemmy.world more active than lemmy.ml?

https://lemmy.world/post/141380

Is lemmy.world more active than lemmy.ml? - Lemmy.world

So apologies if this is a stupid question as I’m new to Lemmy. Came from Reddit. I moved to lemmy.world and have noticed that lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] has been popping up as another featured instance. What differs from lemmy.world vs lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml]? Is .ml more active? Part of why I ask this is because I downloaded the lemmur client on my phone and it defaults to lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml]. (Yes I’m aware that app is no longer being maintained) Again apologies for the stupid question.

Show threadTYguyJun 15, 2023
They're federated so we can interact from both networks I think. It's more populated here so it's more active.
Show threadGraphineJun 15, 2023
Yeah I know we can interact with .ml (which is simultaneously weird and cool) but that answers my question for sure. This place is so cool.
Show threadmillionJun 15, 2023
What’s even crazier is that you can also post to Kbin which is a server running completely different software
Show threadGraphineJun 15, 2023
See that's the part that trips me out. I understand the concept pretty well now. What I don't understand is how in the fuck you can interact with Kbin and Mastodon, even though they're built on instances.....I just don't get that. It's amazing.
Show threadmarshoepialJun 15, 2023
Kbin, Mastodon, Peertube, anything in the Fediverse adheres to ActivityPub standard, which is the protocol that all of these sites use to communicate.
Show threadGraphine
On a side note, what exactly is Peertube? I've been hearing things about it but I have no idea what it is. Is it like a YouTube alternative? Or is it like P2P YouTube?
Jun 15, 2023 at 1:18amWeb
Show threadmarshoepialJun 15, 2023
I am going to be honest, i don't really know either, I just included it in my example because I know it's federated
Show threadWhiskyTangoFoxtrotJun 15, 2023

Is it like a YouTube alternative? Or is it like P2P YouTube?

Yes to both. Or, more specifically, it's a piece of software that lets you set up federated YouTube alternatives (just like Lemmy lets you set up federated Reddit alternatives) and uses P2P to save bandwidth for the host. Basically, if multiple people are watching a video at the same time, they'll be able to download parts of it from each other instead of everyone downloading it from the main server.