I get that there are similar subreddits but not a ton of overlap. Subs will merge or redirect to the one with more traction. Hearing there’s possibly a asklemmy on each instance, makes it feel like a bunch of factions instead of a community. When I was adding communities to follow, one instance seemed to focus on entertainment (books, movies, music, etc) and that made sense. I initially thought that each instance had a “theme” and people would be directed to follow the community on that instance.

It’s a little confusing so far but I haven’t spent a ton of time with it yet so I put that on me. Do instances coordinate what communities they start? Let’s say I’m looking for a “home assistant” community, will there only be one across all of Lemmy or will I find several?

I didn’t know how much of a minority we were until this happened. I love relay but have only seen the logo once in a post about 3rd party access.