Found a good image explanation of this whole thing.

Edit: update image to use light theme.

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  • Mainline@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Might be a dumb question and not sure how to ask this but… If I spin up my own instance, what happens with my posts if I decide to tear down the instance? Like, will the delete get propagated to other instances where I may have commented?

    • WindInTrees@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      From what I hear, your instance will send the delete request to the other instances but they may or may not listen to it