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I found a major communication problem with public perception of Lemmy. they seem to think a community is tied to a particular instance (www.reddit.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is a big problem. It creates the illusion that /c/cats on one particular instance is the real /c/cats.

This is the root of re-centralization and it must be pulled out.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are you on? So instances should have no say in regards to who they federate with? Also it sounds like you're advocating for centralization... Why would we want that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To me it sounds like they're advocating for decentralization. Defederation means less traffic for an instance. If the majority of users are already on one instance, defederation could end it. I imagine most people want an instance where they can reach the most people. If they, understandably, pick the largest instance, it may not be long before it holds all the power, in terms of user acivity or count, and becomes the center.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don't understand the push back. Decentralization is Lemmy's one trick. It is the entire thing that sets it apart.

The ideal would be a network of single user instances.

Multi users instances being an allowance for helping the technically challenged, but should be considered equivalent to toothbrush sharing.

All single user instance should have every /c/community. In fact, community is overselling it. They are really hashtags plus a sidebar.