If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they’re both on .Social?

Lost_My_Mind · 8 months ago

If I have an account on Mastodon.Social, and another account on PieFed.Social are they technically on the same instance, since they’re both on .Social?

@ccunning@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

No. .social is a Top Level Domain(TLD) just like .com, .org, or .net

They’re no more connected than Facebook.com and Apple.com are.

Now, they could be run by the same folks; I have no idea on that front, but you can’t tell simply by the TLD

@Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.ee · 8 months ago

Oh god… let’s not get into the nuance of web hosting. Soon you’ll have to explain dns or what a reverse proxy is… or heaven forbid how certificates work to secure it all.