Lost_My_Mind to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoIf 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?message-square30fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down15
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareIf 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 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@ccunning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink51•3 months agoNo. .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
minus-square@Lets_Eat_Grandma@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish-10•3 months agoOh 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.
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
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.