• k0e3@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    When people say “servers” on Matrix, they mean like an “instance” of Lemmy, right? Not a “server,” the way it’s used in Discord. I’m rather new to this federation thing and I keep getting confused because some services use different terms (e.g. Peertube uses “platform,” I think).

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      3 hours ago

      Yes, a matrix server is an “instance” of matrix on the larger federated service.

      Discord calling their different channels “servers” was really unhelpful because they were never servers to begin with.