I am currently using Lemmy.zip through the app voyager.
I can also see content from other places like hexbear and fedinsfw.
If I login to lemmy.zip on a desktop I can use my voyager credentials. But I am only able to view lemmy.world and nothing else here.
If I login to fedinsfw on desktop I can seemingly access a multitude of places such as I can on voyager, including lemmy.zip.
I’m sorry if this is such a dumb thing to get confused about. I’ve heard explanation for what all this is, but I’m still just not quite sure I understand.
That’s strange behavior.
Are all the other “views” working correctly (local, subscribed, all)?
I messed around with it some more.
I’m not sure what I was missing but everything seems to be showing as it should on desktop. Sorry about that…
I do want to ask though: I can use everything just like I am going through FediNSFW. Aside from a different aesthetic, what is the difference between accessing everything I can right now on lemmy.zip and using another lemmy (instance? Server?)
In addition to what others have said, your server protects you from other servers.
Only your home instance has your login credentials. When you “go” to another server through yours, you aren’t actually going anywhere. Your server fetches it for you. No other server receives any identifying info about you. So you don’t need to vet every server you can access content from.
Each instance is run by a different team, often based in different countries and jurisdictions. Day to day, the main differences will be around content policies (moderation, how openly federated it is)
It’s like picking between different email providers, just that all have more or less the same features.
We have these guides too
https://join-lemmy.org/docs/users/01-getting-started.html This page does a good job of explaining things. Probably answers questions that you may not even have yet.
Instead of a single website like reddit.com, there are many different websites (called instances). These are operated by different people, have different topics and rules. Nevertheless, posts created in one instance can directly be seen by users who are registered on another. Its basically like email, but for social media.
FediNSFW, lemmy.world, and lemmy.zip are examples of instances.
Thank you for responding. I will definitely give that a read.
Some servers have other servers blocked so you wouldn’t be able to see content from there, others might not be running the newest version of the lemmy software, or are using something else altogether. Lemmy.zip is pretty good about updating and not blocking other servers which is why I like it.
