how do I create a new community? (instance?) (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Alex@mander.xyz to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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I want to create new places for things I'm interested in that were on Reddit, but I'm not sure how. Like is each community an instance? If so, does that mean a different account for each thing? Or is there just an obvious step in missing?

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[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Each instance is effectively its own reddit, each community is a subreddit, but people who have accounts on one instance can see and subscribe to communities on other instances so long as those instances stay federated with one another.

To create a new community (through the mobile web interface at least), hit the hamburger in the upper right hand corner of the screen and you should see a "create community" option.

This is all coming from someone who's used lemmy for about a week, so someone please correct me if I screwed up any of that.