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While I understand the concept of federation I'm unclear as to what it actually entails at a technical level. When lemm.ee eventually shuts down, will all of that user content (posts, comments, votes, etc) cease to exist? Is it mirrored on other instances?

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[-] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago

They will still be visible to federated instances as they have a local copy. But any new posts or comments will not federate.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago

And any new instance will not have a copy.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago

Ah that makes sense. So federation implies copying essentially, and not merely linking. Thanks!

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