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what's the difference between hexbear and lemmy? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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i just don't get how this shit works. last night i clicked on something on hexbear that took me to lemmy.blahaj or something, and one of the first banners i see on a community says "fuck tankies". what is that site, how is it related to this one? then there's lemmygrad. also one i find myself on from this site. but despite looking identical my hexbear account doesn't work on there so it's not part of hexbear?

my ass is stupid and confused.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Hexbear is one of many lemmy instances, and so is lemmy.blahaj. Each instance has its own admins and rules. Content can be shared between individual instances.

Edit: You have an account on hexbear, so you can log in to hexbear, not other instances.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

You have an account on hexbear, so you can log in to hexbear, not other instances.

But you can comment on other federated instances through your Hexbear account. So instead of logging into lemmygrad with your Hexbear account, you interact with lemmygrad content on Hexbear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

dang i was hoping i could post with my hexbear account. i appreciate the explanation comrade

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You can. However, you need to access the community in question through hexbear, not on the instance of that community.

This only works if that other instance hasn't blocked hexbear though.