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Posting on other instances? (lemmy.cloudhub.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jax@lemmy.cloudhub.social to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

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I like that Lemmy can post on other instances (communities on other instances), but thinking about it, would that not present a potential issue with centralizing information about a topic on one instance?

I know it's kind of similar to having themed Mastodon instances (and I also don't really understand those), but it seems like a potential issue?

I know multiple instances can have the same communities, but that then seems like fracturing the conversation?

Could this just be due to my limited knowledge/use of the fediverse?

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[–] Grouchy@lemmy.grouchysysadmin.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any posts sent to a community sync to everybody subscribed to the community. The original instance may go away, but you still have a copy of the data on your instance.

[–] jax@lemmy.cloudhub.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ah okay, that’s not terrible, but would make a large instance going away a bit of a pain. At least the data’s not gone.

[–] iod@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sorry for hijacking but i've always wondered: if the original instance goes away, does that mean search engines like google would have to reindex the content under a different url so it shows in the rankings again?

[–] drone515@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I believe the content would just vanish.