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.

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    1 year ago

    You could also be in a position where the insurance just disappears.

    I joined lemmy.fmhy.ml which has now disappeared, from what I gather they received a take down notice.

    So whilst but important which instance in general being with a reputable one can matter.

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        1 year ago

        Not entirely sure but it was a piracy focused instance so best guess is they recieved a takedown request.

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        1 year ago

        Looks like I was wrong and it appears that Mali has been recaliming the .ml domain that they were using, so hopefully they’ll be back. According to the post they have backups etc. so once they sort out a new domain they may be back. Fingers crossed.

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        1 year ago

        The comments/posts I made on other instances via that account are still there and i’m guessing will remain so but bookmarks/subscriptions etc. start from scratch.

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          1 year ago

          Theres a lemmy migrator tool that helps to transfer them to backup accounts in the future. I dont have the link but you should be able to google it

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      1 year ago

      My original account was gone with no warning when vlemmy.net shut down with no communication. I have since made a few backups in case the same thing happens