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Isn't it too chaotic when every Lemmy instance is considered like a full fledged Reddit clone? Wouldn't it make more sense if every instance would be used for a specific topic like a Discord server? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Roslavets@beehaw.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] davidlunadeleon@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The fact that every instance is capable of being its full-fledged thing, doesn't mean it has to do so. That's why we have federation. So yeah, federation allows any approach you want, like the one you mention, of having instances that focus in certain topics, but having generalist instances is okay too. The important part is that users from one instance can participate in the communities of other instances.

[–] altair222@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

I, for one, came here for a reddit alternative, and not having general instances would be a huge turn-off for me personally.