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What happens when the server op decides they don't want to run it anymore and pulls the plug? Or alternatively, when they decide they want to get involved with

What happens when the server op decides they don't want to run it anymore and pulls the plug? Or alternatively, when they decide they want to get involved with this or that.. server ops are dictators.. just because it is on the fediverse (what mastodon uses) doesn't mean they are mature people with contingency plans and codes of conduct.

Paul-Craft 3y ago
What happens when YC decides to shut down HN? Or, alternatively, they do $THING you don't like? Worst case, with Lemmy, some server op decides to rage quit and shut down the server, and you're left in the same situation as if HN decided to just shut down without notice. In the other scenario, with Lemmy, you do the same thing you would if the same thing happened at HN: either play along or take your ball and go home. You're right that being federated doesn't magically make people into reasonable humans. If you happen to discover that technology, please let me know; I have several hundred thousand people I'd like to use it on for starters lol.... But, at least with Lemmy, you have an easy option to start up your own server if you don't like how someone is running one that you participate on.
ciex 3y ago
Mastodon's account migration implementation has some serious issues. AFAIK you can't migrate without access to the original account, so if that instance shuts down you're out of luck. I think it's also not possible to move past posts to a different instance so if your original one gets in bad hands you cannot get your content off of that.
tankerkiller 3y ago
My problem with Lemmy is that I just can't figure out what happens if server A has a "sub-section" called news, and server B also has an instance called news. Do they get merged into one view? Do both servers now have two different "news" sections? I can't seem to get any solid answers on this and that's why I haven't bothered registering or using it yet.
- haakon 3y ago
  Communities are namespaced. You'd have news@foo.com and news@bar.com. The local server is an implicit namespace for its own communities, so for local users of foo.com, news@foo.com is presented as simply "news".

Paul-Craft 3y ago

What happens when YC decides to shut down HN? Or, alternatively, they do $THING you don't like? Worst case, with Lemmy, some server op decides to rage quit and shut down the server, and you're left in the same situation as if HN decided to just shut down without notice. In the other scenario, with Lemmy, you do the same thing you would if the same thing happened at HN: either play along or take your ball and go home. You're right that being federated doesn't magically make people into reasonable humans. If you happen to discover that technology, please let me know; I have several hundred thousand people I'd like to use it on for starters lol.... But, at least with Lemmy, you have an easy option to start up your own server if you don't like how someone is running one that you participate on.

ciex 3y ago

Mastodon's account migration implementation has some serious issues. AFAIK you can't migrate without access to the original account, so if that instance shuts down you're out of luck. I think it's also not possible to move past posts to a different instance so if your original one gets in bad hands you cannot get your content off of that.

tankerkiller 3y ago

My problem with Lemmy is that I just can't figure out what happens if server A has a "sub-section" called news, and server B also has an instance called news. Do they get merged into one view? Do both servers now have two different "news" sections? I can't seem to get any solid answers on this and that's why I haven't bothered registering or using it yet.

haakon 3y ago
Communities are namespaced. You'd have news@foo.com and news@bar.com. The local server is an implicit namespace for its own communities, so for local users of foo.com, news@foo.com is presented as simply "news".