Ask Lemmy

26707 readers

1390 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics.

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected]. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Lemmy instances (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hello, I just have a quick question regarding lemmy instances.

If one instance doesn't allow creating new communities and I register a lemmy account on that instance am I going to be able to create a new community on another instance using that lemmy account? Also if it has turned off downvotes is it possible to downvote posts on other instances?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If one instance doesn’t allow creating new communities and I register a lemmy account on that instance am I going to be able to create a new community on another instance using that lemmy account?

No, they're totally separate websites, and everything you do is local to the website you're logged into. When you view remote communities and posts, you're viewing locally stored copies of them, and when you interact with them, your local host sends the updates back to the site hosting the community so the two copies stay in sync.

Also if it has turned off downvotes is it possible to downvote posts on other instances?

Also no. You're only interacting with the local copy. If you can't down vote things on the site you're using, then there's no down vote action to record and synchronize with the community host.

If you want those features, you'll need to use another Lemmy-based website that has them enabled.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the detailed answer!