Hello, I’m sorry in advance if this is a noob question. I am new to Lemmy and the Fediverse.

As far as I understand, Lemmy is part of the Fediverse, but if I search for “Lemmy” here it will not find it. It seems to be full of instances from Mastodon.

Can someone help me understand why Lemmy isn’t there? Thank you!

  • Mango7874@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    I’m a bit confused, I thought Lemmy is different from Mastodon as they are on 2 different internet domains and it has a different interface and website…

    • narF 🎲@mstdn.fr
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      1 year ago

      @Mango7874 Lemmy and Mastodon are different project but both speak the same protocol (the same “language”) so messages can be exchanged between both. Kinda like following a Twitter user using a Facebook account or a Youtube account, and still being able to like and comment. This is the magic trick of the Fediverse: multiple websites, multiple servers, different interfaces, but all using the same protocol (speaking the same language)