While I understand the concept of federation I’m unclear as to what it actually entails at a technical level. When lemm.ee eventually shuts down, will all of that user content (posts, comments, votes, etc) cease to exist? Is it mirrored on other instances?

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Nothing I was ever subscribed to, and why not post a direct link to the community?

    I just made a post and a comment on a community on a closed instance. Both went through okay, but will never federate.

    • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      That instance went down a while back, so posting a link to the community wouldn’t work.

      LW users can still make posts there, but they would indeed not federate.

      I was just providing an example so that people could see what it would look like