Since it seems to be a common question for many new users.

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    1 year ago

    Personally I found that thinking of Lemmy as a bunch of Discord servers really helped. Both have servers and “channels” inside them. Perhaps “The office” meme of “Corporate wants you to find the difference” would be fitting?

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      1 year ago

      No, don’t do that. Discord messed up the definition of a “server”, you shouldn’t use the platform as an example, it will be confusing pretty quickly.

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        1 year ago

        Hmm, perhaps you’re right. When it comes to explaining the fediverse itself, that’s definitely a no-go. I figured it’s just visually easier to grasp it when thinking of Discord.