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I found a major communication problem with public perception of Lemmy. they seem to think a community is tied to a particular instance (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is a big problem. It creates the illusion that /c/cats on one particular instance is the real /c/cats.

This is the root of re-centralization and it must be pulled out.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The current design apparently depends on the ceaseless efforts of atlas-type unpaid volunteers with ultimate and unaccountable moderation powers and a "decentralized" system that heavily favour the biggest community on the biggest instance.

That plus a lot of hope. Just so much hope for the system to somehow not go in the direction of the gravity toward which it is built.

Lemmy is built with federation as an afterthought, decentralization as something to be overcome.