this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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here are two sites I have been linked recently:
https://lemmy.directory/communities/listing_type/All/page/1
https://browse.feddit.de/
Ok I have a dumb question. Is Technology@beehaw.org supposed to have the same content as technology@lemmy.ml? Or are those two similarly names, but separate things with potentially differnt content?
They're different communities with the same name, because community names don't have to be unique between different instances. I get that subscribing to two different communities with the same theme is annoying when you could save time and subscribe to one, but having backup communities is a blessing when the instance shuts down or mods start power tripping. A "multireddit" feature that can combine multiple communities into one subscription feed would keep subscribing convenient without forcing only one community to exist per topic.
Thank you, this makes a lot of sense. Kinda what I figured, but wanted to make sure.