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Seems to me that this is the ONLY way that a user (let's call them creators for the sake of this convo) can guarantee that their efforts are always both protected AND remain available as the creator sees fit.
If I start my own lemmy server and I'm the ONLY user, it would stand to reason that if I deprecated that server that all of my posts EVERYWHERE would instantly cease to exist (with exception of quoted posts in other's comments). That gives me 100% of control over MY specific content contribution to this platform. So, if in the future lemmy goes the way of reddit, it's as simple as us staging a walk-out just like we did to reddit, except NOTHING would show up on reddit anymore.
Am I missing something here? For true creators, spinning up a cheap server to host is acceptable if not expected if you want any type of control after the "Post" button is pressed.
Right? Imagine having EVERYTHING you EVER contribute online be 100% controlled by YOU and YOU alone. There’s a framework here for a whole host of businesses…
Imagine just one where a subject matter expert can sell their ‘membership’ to a platform based on the strength of their history with other platforms…. Almost like a paid Wikipedia where the value of the platform is conveyed to the users that created the content. huh, imagine that.
That sounds like the business model of Substack
If I have understood how lemmy works, the post and comment would be on the instance hosting the community. Your server would just post it to the community's server on your behalf.
This seems like a great solution, does it work this way? I admit I've not delved too much into how federation works, but I assumed that when content gets pulled from one instance to another it gets replicated to that other instance, so deletion becomes problematic.
In any case, being in complete control of one own's online presence seems like a great way forward.