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Why start a Lemmy instance? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by NBCooks to c/[email protected]

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What are the pros and cons? For someone who has zero IT background so ELI5.

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[–] Offlein 10 points 2 years ago

You should not.

Multiple Lemmy instances exist so that a single entity cannot control everything that happens across the federated Lemmyverse. Each instance can make its own rules.

As it stands there are more than enough instances, I believe with differing policies and rules. As such, you should not start a Lemmy instance.