I use Jerboa, unless theres a better app you could recommend so my questions relate to it
So if I want a specific section of an instance (another instances Memes for example) I can find the specific url, and search it here, to Subscribe, and it will show up in my Subscribed tab with everything as normal?
What if I want all the content from a different instance joining my “all” feed from this instance?
What if I want to search that other instance for specific content?
If I want a second account for a different preference (like I want to sub to a different language Instance) will that accounts content show up on other Accounts?
I’ve heard some Instances ban each other, how does that impact searching or Subscribing?
I’ve noticed comment chains don’t seem to go longer than 3? Normal, red side, green side, my Reply will be #4 in a row so I guess I’ll just start seeing new colors, or are they Hidden by default?
So if I want a specific section of an instance (another instances Memes for example) I can find the specific url, and search it here, to Subscribe, and it will show up in my Subscribed tab with everything as normal?
Yes.
What if I want all the content from a different instance joining my “all” feed from this instance?
For this, at least one user on your instance would have to subscribe to each community on that other instance. The “all” feed is all posts from communities, that at least one user on your instance is subscribed to. This means your instance only gets an influx of content someone on it specifically wanted, on a community by community basis. An instance almost never fetches everything that’s on another.
What if I want to search that other instance for specific content?
Search on your instance will find anything that has been federated to your instance. You can also go search on the other instances page, without an account, to see what they have, then use the !name@instan.ce text in search on your own instance to bring it over. Or just use lemmyverse.net/communities.
If I want a second account for a different preference (like I want to sub to a different language Instance) will that accounts content show up on other Accounts?
No. But you can enable multiple languages for your account to use it with communities and instances of many languages.
I’ve heard some Instances ban each other, how does that impact searching or Subscribing?
De-federating means a server refuses to communicate with a certain other server. This means any content from the communities people were subscribed to, will stop being sent out in either direction. Basically, things freeze. The posts or communities don’t disappear on either server, but they stop interacting. If the two servers have always blocked each other, they will simply never directly communicate with each other. Anything that requires the direct connection, wont work (subscribing to stuff and seeing posts/posting).
It is possible, though, that if both servers still federate with the same third server, users from the disconnected servers could talk to each other in the comments of a post that is hosted on the third server.
I’ve noticed comment chains don’t seem to go longer than 3? Normal, red side, green side, my Reply will be #4 in a row so I guess I’ll just start seeing new colors, or are they Hidden by default?
There is no limit. You’ve just not seen that many yet. When the chain gets too long, it gets split out with “read more” links.
I use Jerboa, unless theres a better app you could recommend so my questions relate to it
So if I want a specific section of an instance (another instances Memes for example) I can find the specific url, and search it here, to Subscribe, and it will show up in my Subscribed tab with everything as normal?
What if I want all the content from a different instance joining my “all” feed from this instance?
What if I want to search that other instance for specific content? If I want a second account for a different preference (like I want to sub to a different language Instance) will that accounts content show up on other Accounts?
I’ve heard some Instances ban each other, how does that impact searching or Subscribing?
I’ve noticed comment chains don’t seem to go longer than 3? Normal, red side, green side, my Reply will be #4 in a row so I guess I’ll just start seeing new colors, or are they Hidden by default?
Yes.
For this, at least one user on your instance would have to subscribe to each community on that other instance. The “all” feed is all posts from communities, that at least one user on your instance is subscribed to. This means your instance only gets an influx of content someone on it specifically wanted, on a community by community basis. An instance almost never fetches everything that’s on another.
Search on your instance will find anything that has been federated to your instance. You can also go search on the other instances page, without an account, to see what they have, then use the
!name@instan.cetext in search on your own instance to bring it over. Or just use lemmyverse.net/communities.No. But you can enable multiple languages for your account to use it with communities and instances of many languages.
De-federating means a server refuses to communicate with a certain other server. This means any content from the communities people were subscribed to, will stop being sent out in either direction. Basically, things freeze. The posts or communities don’t disappear on either server, but they stop interacting. If the two servers have always blocked each other, they will simply never directly communicate with each other. Anything that requires the direct connection, wont work (subscribing to stuff and seeing posts/posting).
It is possible, though, that if both servers still federate with the same third server, users from the disconnected servers could talk to each other in the comments of a post that is hosted on the third server.
There is no limit. You’ve just not seen that many yet. When the chain gets too long, it gets split out with “read more” links.