The problem is that Lemmy is already small and niche. I don’t want my account or communities to go poof one day because a small instance admin gives up or forgets about their project. I’ve actually seen users go through this several times.
I get the idea in theory, but in practice, it doesn’t end up panning out well.
Self hosting is a thing, sure, but a lot of people don’t at all want to do that.
In addition to splitting up communities to the point where you have to follow multiple of the same community in different instances to get more than a slice of the content.
The problem is that Lemmy is already small and niche. I don’t want my account or communities to go poof one day because a small instance admin gives up or forgets about their project. I’ve actually seen users go through this several times.
I get the idea in theory, but in practice, it doesn’t end up panning out well.
Self hosting is a thing, sure, but a lot of people don’t at all want to do that.
It also leads to most sub instances being so small they’re effectively unmoderated
In addition to splitting up communities to the point where you have to follow multiple of the same community in different instances to get more than a slice of the content.
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