There’s been some downtime on Lemmy.World. I think this wont be the last time, as the amount of users coming in during the next month will be ginormous. That’s completely fine with me.

However, during that time, I couldn’t use the Fediverse because my access to the Fediverse comtes through logging in through my Lemmy.World user. (please correct me if I’m mistaken…)

So I get that Fediverse is decentralized. Anyone can create their own instances.

Which is the most reliable? Only time will tell? Or will this be made differently in the future?

  • wmrch@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    only time will tell but there is no downside in creating accounts in 3 or 4 instances (or one for Kbin and one for Lemmy). It’s not only downtime but also defederation of instances or complete shutdowns why you should create some additional accounts.

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        1 year ago

        And that in itself requires knowledge and experience with the fediverse, exatcly the thing that new users don’t have. It’s a catch-22! This is why people are flocking to the site that is most established.

        I am considering to host my own instance but I do not want my identity linked to that domain, so…