Idk, but if that’s the case than we have a huge problem lol, because that would mean the users of each instance would tend to prefer that instance’s communities, thus helping fragmentation.
Edit: just checked from lemmy.ml, and it’s showing 15.5k for its community, and 1.62k for beehaw’s I wonder if having something like a “cross-instance counter” is something the developers have in mind
You just reminded me of the existance of the song rät by Penelope Scott