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Questions about Lemmy (self.lemmyworld)
submitted 1 year ago by flenzil to c/lemmyworld
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Not sure if this is the right place for this, still getting used to lemmy! I'm a bit confused on some things and I'm hoping people can answer for me.

  • What happens to the communities/comments/accounts if a lemmy instance goes down? Do they just disappear?

  • Can people on other instances use your username? Could others tell which is which in comments/posts?

  • How can people afford to host an instance? Aren't there costs to hosting a server?

  • Is there anything stopping corporate interests hosting a lemmy? I fear that these corporate instances will be the only ones that can handle large traffic and we're just back to Reddit.

  • Can an instance go from fully federated to partially without telling it's users? How would they know?

Thank you for your answers!

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[โ€“] rawrspace 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  • you're right, the username isn't showing the domain for me. I have to click on the profile to see the full username. Maybe it was the web UI where I was seeing the extension. That would be an improvement.
  • yea I think the idea is to have a bunch of hosts
  • I agree, if this is going to work the popular communities need to spread out between many different instances.
  • I have seen that advice but I think it is somewhat important for the reasons you said.
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Each account has a username and an optional display name. If the account has a display name, that's what you see. If the account doesn't have a display name, you see their username. If they are on the same instance as you, the instance is omitted from the username (in the UI, anyway).