If that content got federated to other servers, it would always remain available, on those other servers. But new things couldn't get posted.
so if the server shuts down the content remains available on the web? federation essentially makes a copy? does the url to the post also change?
Yep.
Content always has two links, the "federated link", IE the official version, and a local link.
In the case of that server going down, the federated link wouldn't work, but the local one would.
I'm wondering the same, especially in regard of the users that registered on that instance. If there is no backup/move would the users have to start at 0 on a new instance?
Oh yes. Users definitely have to start over. Mastodon offers a move but lemmy doesn't have it yet, maybe in the future
Well, then I better keep a personal backup of all my community subscriptions.
don't forget about the comments you save, they're as valuable.
Ah yes, of course, backing up the saved posts and comments too.
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