What happens to the accounts that signed up on that server? For instance, if lemmy.world drops what happens to all it’s users?
What happens to the accounts that signed up on that server? For instance, if lemmy.world drops what happens to all it’s users?
needs
++ federation replication integrity tools, back-fill tools
Example from yesterday, comparing different instances on which comments actually made it to peer instances:
https://lemmy.ml/post/1239920 has 19 comments (community home)
https://lemmy.pro/post/1354 has 1 comment
https://sh.itjust.works/post/74015 has 9 comments
https://lemmy.world/post/103943 has 9 comments
https://programming.dev/post/29631 has 13 comments
https://beehaw.org/post/536574 has 7 comments
https://lemmy.haigner.me/post/8 has 6 comments (posting originated with user there)
Issue opened on Github: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3101
Pretty much this.
Mastodon had similar issues for a long while, but as it’s more mature than lemmy, export features now exist. Posts from a dead instance will exist on federated instances, but I think the biggest issue would be losing on what communities you subscribe to.