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submitted 1 year ago by Averrin@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

Correct me if I'm wrong. I read ActivityPub standards and dug a little into lemmy sources to understand how federation works. And I'm a bit disappointed. Every server just has a cache and ability to fetch something from another known server. So if you start your own instance, there is no profit for the whole network until you have a significant piece of auditory. Is there any "balancers" to utilise these empty instances? Should we promote (or create in the first place) a way how to passively help lemmy with a such fast growth?

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[-] Averrin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is exactly my point. But I suppose a lot of people think that starting new instance is enough. But, unfortunately, it isn't.

[-] Dee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's still fairly new, hopefully that's a feature that can be prioritized and added soon.

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