- No, you don't need to create a separate account for every Lemmy. Federation means you create an account on one instance (that is federated with a lot of other

- No, you don't need to create a separate account for every Lemmy. Federation means you create an account on one instance (that is federated with a lot of other instances) and you can interact with those other instances. - Yes, it takes five minutes of research to figure that out. It might also take another five minutes of research to ensure you don't choose an extremist or troll instance that will get defederated from all the others. Yes, there is friction that wasn't there with Reddit. Convenience is not what Lemmy is optimised for. If you value convenience above all else then it's probably not for you.