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What's happens if, like mastodon and matrix, 99% of ppl only use the handful of the biggest Lemmy servers? (lemmy.perthchat.org)
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let's address the possibility that like mastodon/matrix 99% of ppl will flock to the biggest handful of servers

What is the real value of decentralization given that? Outside of like political unrest.

And what role do small servers really do in that landscape? Obv "novelty" servers like midov cater to the like lolicon enthusiasts and I'm sure there are a few other servers dedicated to illegal things. Regional severs are quite compatible with various nationalists/patriots

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

In addition to account migration, account backup would a nice peace of mind. As I understand, when the majority of federated servers shutdown, there's a substantial amount of notice for users to migrate elsewhere - but I think it would be helpful if there was a safeguard against an admin getting bored of hosting or a failed update ruining things. I think it would also be a compelling addition of servers could peer to automatically serve as a fallback instance in the event a user's primary goes offline. No idea how that would work, but that would help ease many folks anxiety about joining very small or niche instances.