I’m still figuring it out too, but I think the idea is you subscribe to all of the similar copies across the instances so it all shows up on your feed. Over time, the best of the best will rise to the top sort of thing.

But then a single instance could lock out all other instances from having that community name. Even if that instance didn’t actually have a good community.

Exactly how I feel. Getting on here, learning the ins and outs of Lemmy and the Federated system, and being involved is something I look forward to doing during the day. As opposed to the mindless scroll just to fill time.