You're on lemmy.ca, I'm not, but I can still see and reply to your comment
To add to that we're commenting on a post from a third instance neither one of us are on.
Welcome, eh?
Imagine if [Thing™] was like email, that's federation. Different servers with their own rules that all connect with each other to provide the same service
Instances are a bit like usenet servers. Simple. 😉
Now you just need to remember usenet or know it still exists.
Wth is federation?
You're on lemmy.ca, I'm not, but I can still see and reply to your comment
To add to that we're commenting on a post from a third instance neither one of us are on.
Welcome, eh?
Imagine if [Thing™] was like email, that's federation. Different servers with their own rules that all connect with each other to provide the same service
Instances are a bit like usenet servers. Simple. 😉
Now you just need to remember usenet or know it still exists.
Never even heard of it.
I'm guessing you're young and/or not a pirate?