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Just a newbie saying hello and asking some questions about instances, federation and communities

Good day! First post πŸ₯‡ Hello, thanks for having me, people of beehaw.org πŸ˜„

What a cool idea, to have a social media site organised like this ––– I love it!! I've been without the algorithm (IG, FB, X, etc...) for quite a while now, and I think the Lemmyverse will be much fun to explore πŸ”. I write explore, because the other week I was watching TechnologyConnections new video on the ~ 𝚊 πš• 𝚐 𝚘 πš› πš’ 𝚝 πš‘ πš– ~ where he was talking about how many users are feeling more and more alienated by it, wishing for a more self-curated experience. I couldn't have agreed more, and then I remembered Lemmy from an old MentalOutlaw video, back when Reddit turned πŸ’© for good (I was never a user).

Anyway, I just have a couple of questions, which I hope, I am posing in the right comm... πŸ₯΄

  • I want to post to Hexbear's DIY community – as far as I can tell, it's the biggest one by far. However, Hexbear is not federated with Beehaw. That means, I'd have to create a seperate account for Hexbear. Correct?
  • Do you 🫡 make an account for every instance that you're interested in, which is not federated with Beehaw?
  • Is there a way to see which instances are federated with Beehaw? The /search/ page is helpful, but I have to search manually, whereas I'd like an overview type of thing.
  • Do you use an app on Android? I like Thunder, you?

I hope I did okay for my first post πŸ˜„
Much love and thanks in advance,

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  • I want to post to Hexbear’s DIY community – as far as I can tell, it’s the biggest one by far. However, Hexbear is not federated with Beehaw. That means, I’d have to create a seperate account for Hexbear. Correct?

    Yes that's correct. If an instance wants to separate itself from another the only way is to have an account with an instance that is federated with the one you want to post on.

    Do you 🫡 make an account for every instance that you’re interested in, which is not federated with Beehaw?

    If you want to that's an option. It might be the best option as federation between instances can change in the future. Sometimes it might be a better to help the other communities grow by giving them the content. It's up to you.

    Is there a way to see which instances are federated with Beehaw? The /search/ page is helpful, but I have to search manually, whereas I’d like an overview type of thing.

    https://defed.xyz/

    Do you use an app on Android? I like Thunder, you?

    Thats up to you what you like best

    Welcome to lemmy! Glad you found us. Make yourself at home. And it was a great first post!