I couldn’t sign into my account on a different instance, so maybe it’s not?
Thanks for answering (please stop answering)
You can’t sign in to one instance with another instance’s account info, but you can view and otherwise interact with other instances from the one you’re logged into.
Your account only works on Lemmy.world. But since servers communicate with each other, you can view posts/comments on communities located on other servers and reply/post on communities located on other servers.
Go to communities -> All to look for communities and join commjnjties. And welcome to the Fediverse!
I’m curious, what are different instances for If they can interact with each other anyway?
Unlike Reddit, which is a for-profit company. Lemmy servers are set up by individuals or groups of individuals for the benefit of the community at large, and donations pay for the server costs.
And I like to think of instances as countries. Each instance has its own rules and culture, and that affects how the communities are moderated. For example, the beehaw.org instance is heavily moderated compared to lemmy.world. Continuing with our example, the Technology community on beehaw.org will be moderated differently than the Technlology community on Lemmy.world.
So each instance has its own reason for existing. Another example will be https://lemmynsfw.com/ which is an 18+ instance. Basically, when you register in an instance, you become a citizen of that country.
Yes, but not like that.
You have a membership at the instance you sign up for, and from there you can interact with the rest of the Lemmyverse. I don’t have an account on Lemmy.world, but I do have one at sh.itjust.works, and from there I’m able to browse, read, updoot/downdoot, and comment on posts in other instances.
You don’t need to, you can access communities on other instances via the account you already have
Just append the instance name to the URL, w.g https://lemmy.world/c/news@lemmy.ml
Notice the “@lemmy.ml” part? That means I’m navigating to the news community on the lemmy.ml instance.
There are extensions that’ll make sure you’re always on your home instance
Just want to add something… Make sure the target instance you want to login access have not block the instance that your account is in.
Edit: correct something wrong