My introduction to these platforms was through the android app. However I was lurking the last couple days and today the app broke so I decided to go to an instance directly.

I came to realize something was different when I stumbled upon a thread from <instance>/195 talking about how they changed their name because 196 on <instance> became more popular.

So my first question which I basically just want affirmation for is that every instance can have it’s own communities that share the same name. But are other instances of the same community shared in a feed or do I have to search out each one individually?

Secondly usernames. Since I signed up with the same nick on multiple platforms I assume it’s like an email system with Kritical@<instance>

However, do I have to register to every instance I wish to comment on or as long as they are sharing resources I should be able to post?

Literally my first post so I’m sure I could figure this out on my own but figure asking these questions may help others transitioning with the same questions.

Big fan of the platform. Fuck reddit and fuck /u/spez. This is what I’m looking for in a link aggregator.