If I registered at lemmy.world, is it possible to still comment on a thread at say lemmy.ml? I get the expected "You are not logged in" and while subscribing is easy enough, I'm not able to comment or interact with other instances. This seems normal as users are unique per instance, I just want to make sure I'm not missing a key component of federated services. The sign in page at lemmy.ml says "You will still be able to interact with other instances" so that is confusing wording there as well.

EDIT: it works fine, you just need to be subbed to the other community before you can comment. Thanks /u/nulluser !

Edit 2: you don't even need to be subbed, I still have lots to learn, lol thank you all for your patience

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[–] effingjoe@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It might help wrap your mind around this federation stuff by thinking about email. You don't need to concern yourself with whether you and someone you want to send an email to are on the same email domain, say between Outlook and Gmail, you just send an email and because everyone is using the same protocol, the email can get to anyone with an email address.

The fediverse is kinda the same way.

[–] bandario@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good analogy. I think it's closer to USENET in nature, but there's every chance many people are not aware of what usenet is or was.

[–] bobaduk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I miss the Usenet. That was my intro to nerd culture.