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Is there any benefit to host my own instance?

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[-] lucas@lemmy.lucaslower.com 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I believe it is saved first on the instance you're signed up for, then gets pushed around the network using the Activity pub protocol. So it eventually ends up being stored across many instances of it has far enough reach.

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