One thing I’m not clear about is the impact my home instance has on me. I joined lemmy.world and am currently using the connect for lemmy app. I know when I sort by Local it will only show me posts from lemmy.world, but beyond that are there any things to keep in mind?

I have read that lemmy.world has been hit by DDoS attacks but I’ve never had any problem using connect for Lemmy during those times as far as I know.

  • @djc0English
    1•1 year ago

    But I still see some posts at eg [email protected] from lemmy.world. And comments and votes. But maybe 20% of what I see if I’m looking from my beehaw account.

    Could these be crossposts and comments from non-beehaw users? Ie stuff that hasn’t originated at beehaw?

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      So basically anything posted in defederated communities won’t be federated. So someone on Lemmy World posting on Beehaw communities can only be seen by Lemmy World users and nobody else. Everyone should find alternative communities instead.