When I first new about lemmy, lemm.ee was among the biggest and I created an account on it but didn’t use it much and didn’t knew that the instance was deleted until recently. So help me understand where content is stored:

  • When a post is created, is it only stored on the original instance, or copied to every other one?

  • Do all federated servers get a copy, or get posts from other server when user demands them?

  • When an instance shuts down, is its content gone forever, or do other instances keep copies?

  • If the original server is gone, what happens to edits or deletions?

  • Is there any kind of “shared” storage in the Fediverse, or network that store everything?

  • Could one still access all lemm.ee content now? Or post in it’s communities?

  • can@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    8 个月前

    My explanations may not have been new user-friendly. So we’re on the “threadiverse” as some of us call it. Lemmy is the biggest software that’s compatible but there’s also mbin, and piefed. You’re signed up on a piefed server (instance). But you can still interact with Lemmy users, communities, etc. And vice-versa.

    The only difference is your UI and admins.

    Is there anything specific I can clarify?

    • MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.worldEnglish
      5·
      8 个月前

      Thank you.

      I sort of get it. I get the concept. I don’t really understand what I have access to in addition to “Lemmy”. I get that my interface is different because I use Blorp…I get that whatever address a user is posting from comes with a set of admins that moderate their users and choose what instances they see. I guess I don’t get the scope of the whole thing or what I’m not seeing and why. I sort of understand that the “channels” are hosted on particular instances.

      I’m a refugee from Reddit and instantly preferred this because I don’t get random automatic false positive warnings from the system, and there no mods harassing me and abusing the auto moderation system….so far. Maybe because everybody isn’t a bot and/or picking a fight with me.

          • moseschrute@lemmy.mlEnglish
            4·
            8 个月前

            Blorp dev here. Thanks for using my app! Let me know if there is anything I can do that will make it even better for ya!

            • MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.worldEnglish
              1·
              8 个月前

              No complaints, and thank you very much for making it.

              The only thing I can think of is when I open the app I’ll sometimes see a post I’m interested in…but the feed will refresh, and I can’t find the post again. It’s not common the first post is one I’m interested in, I just don’t always remember to not look before it refreshes - so it’s mildly annoying. Not a huge deal.

          • can@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            8 个月前

            Another thing to keep in mind is votes are obscured, but not really private. Admins of federated instances can see them and there are tools too. Piefed might work a little differently. There’s an option to not have your votes federate to other servers so only your admins can see it.

            • MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.worldEnglish
              2·
              8 个月前

              Thanks.

              I never really paid attention to votes…not even on Reddit. I’m old and I just say what I say. I’ll hand them out to reward effort…but beyond that the count miss me.

              • can@sh.itjust.works
                2·
                8 个月前

                I feel the same way. It was a relief when Lemmy didn’t keep a “karma” count on my profile.

        • moseschrute@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          8 个月前

          I’m the developer behind Blorp. Initially it was a Lemmy client, but as I add support for more piefed specific features, I feel more confident saying we have 1st class support for Lemmy and PieFed.