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When an instance like lemm.ee shuts down, what happens to the posts and comments? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

When Yiffit shutdown, Wander archived everything. Though I am not sure how or where... But it kinda tells me that without manually doing something with it, it will probably be lost.

Then again, the other day someone had replied to a post on a community on Yiffit. Can't log in to the instance, or make new top level posts, but navigating directly to an old link still apparently works and you can reply and everything. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can't log in to the instance, or make new top level posts,, but navigating directly to an old link still apparently works and you can reply and everything. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Keep in mind these are only visible to users of your instance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

oh good point (and not entirely obvious).