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Just joined and I'm looking around for communities. I went to search for an Android one and I saw an Android one but also Android@whatever.something. Is that a specific instance's Android?

Also minor question, are they called communities here? And it's /c/ instead of /r/ right?

Edit: I may have figured it out. The instance I'm on doesn't show the @ but other instances do. Is that correct?

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[–] cornflour@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The one without the @ part should be the community from your instance (e.g. if your account is in lemmy.ml then it is android@lemmy.ml). Since it is local, they just do not display the @ part

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

please use !lemmy_support@lemmy.ml for support questions.

[–] ulu_mulu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Communities without @ are those created on your local server, those with @ are created on other servers.

Yes, subbreddits on lemmy are called Communities, that's why /c/ instead of /r/.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Edit: I may have figured it out. The instance I’m on doesn’t show the @ but other instances do. Is that correct?

Exactly

Also minor question, are they called communities here? And it’s /c/ instead of /r/ right?

Yes.

I recommend subscribing to the communities you're interested in so you can see the posts only from those. It also keeps you from confusing communities with the same names from different instances. There's no curated front page here, unlike reddit, so it's good to curate your own experience.