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The original was posted on /r/syncforlemmy by /u/giulianosse on 2023-06-20 16:38:43+00:00.
Hi! I’m a Sync user who was looking for a way to find a reddit alternative, but found lemmy to be too… unorthodox for my tastes. That is until I saw Ljdawson was making a Lemmy app!
Couple of questions:
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From a quick browse, I’ve seen hundreds of servers. What are them? For example if I create a /r/sync in instance 1, can users from instance 2 find the same subreddit? Or they can even create a second /r/sync if they want? Isn’t that kind of decentralization bad for building communities?
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Are servers privately run? Is there any failsafe in case a server owner decides to close it in a fit so all the thousands of users aren’t left hanging & their content deleted? I fear it puts too much power in the hands of only a few (I’ve seen plenty of abuse coming from power tripping reddit mods in my lifetime).
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Is there a global lemmy instance run by the owners of the site?
Thanks!
thunk servers are like email domains, if you have a yahoo email you can talk with people using outlook just fine
yep
yes, maybe in a future companies can create their own instance i guess, but right now most servers are running by people
no, in mastoson you can migrate from servers easily, but it’s need to be implemented here(the devs are working on it)
i guess lemmy.ml, but it’s like everyother instance, it’s the same code
you can check this repo that i that i think is very helpful