• @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    Admins / instance owners can control what other instances and communities the local users have access to. And entire instances can be dropped automatically because of long response times.

    • Rikudou_Sage
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      11 year ago

      Yeah, defederation exists but that doesn’t (shouldn’t?) happen that often.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        This was one of the top instances recommended on join-lemmy, and it couldn’t find top communities from lemmyverse. Out of curiosity, I poked my head back to the instance a second ago, and I see users asking the server owner about it.

        Maybe my experience is rare, but if the instance you choose is going to have a material effect on what instances and communities you can interact with, that’s essential info to choosing a home.