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Lemmy is CEO-proof. After Digg, Reddit and Twitter, that term should be a thing (yiffit.net)

submitted 2 years ago by Wander@yiffit.net to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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[-] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So who actually owns the server this instance runs on? Doesn't it just mean they do whatever they want? So confused

[-] jawknee530@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

There are a ton of Lemmy instances that all communicate with each other and each instance is ran on hardware by different owners. So if one instance goes to shit your account will still work on all the other ones.

[-] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So if one instance goes to shit your account will still work on all the other ones.

My understanding is that (at present anyway) since accounts are not federated, your account on that "gone to shit" instance will be gone. Your content will still be on many federated instances, but not your account. That would be lost.

[-] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, one thing Lemmy needs to solve is account migration. Instead of creating a new account on a new instance you move your existing account from one instance to another. It won't save the account if the instance is already removed, but it at least gives an option to move if you feel like there's a better instance for you.

[-] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Ah... dope. So it's currently just running through donations I presume. Another dumb question: If an instance owner goes rogue and just nukes it are your posts gone too or is it archived somewhere?

[-] Phileosopher@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Technically, anything can be scraped (e.g. Internet Archive), but that doesn't mean it's interactive.

I'd say the volatility of computer data means someone could theoretically nuke it whenever they want, though there may be remnants on other instances.

I'm curious enough to enforce Cunningham's Law: It's not on blockchain, so it's deleted if the instance is deleted.

[-] GalacticRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So if a Lemmy instance goes down, all of the communities and comments go down with it? Seems almost worst than having a CEO?

[-] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Seems like the saving grace is anyone can either start or move to a different lemmy instance whenever. It's not like someone can just host their own copy of Reddit if spez ever went nuclear.