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Hypothetically, if all lemmy users were on instances of a very small number (< 20), would this be better or worse for scaling? (lemmy.ml)

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And I guess this question is two parts: 1. Regarding the current lemmy implementation, and 2. The activityPub protocol in general

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[–] noneabove1182 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I had a similar curiousity... Like if I make my own instance but it's just myself, is that even a net positive to the network? Now there's a new instance pulling everything I want to it, rather than another bigger instance that might have used that share subscriptions..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

if it is a hindrance on the entire network, it would be interesting to explore the idea of "instance pools" in the future. Many smaller instances act as a single instance when it comes to network federation, but still maintain data separation, moderation and management. I would assume these instances would just have to have the same federation list.

[–] noneabove1182 1 points 2 years ago

that is a very intriguing idea I agree, basically several small P2P networks, would also enable people to add their home computer to the lemmy-verse without having to worry as much about storage requirements