I'm pretty new to the fediverse, and I find the idea amazing. But one thing concerns me though. How will server owners be able to afford to run servers with massive amounts of data coming through them? Theoretically speaking, if a Reddit migration were to happen how would server upkeep costs look like?

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[–] Mattchenzo@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I have wondered also.... Just like if I wanted Usenet access I would expect to pay for it... There are costs involved, so how much?

[–] infamousbelgian@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Will databases grow huge on all instances if we get a hugh amount of extra users that create tons of content? I mean, if lemmy.world explodes, will all small instances need to follow?

I don’t want to know how large the database of, let’s say Reddit, actually is.

Or am I getting this fediverse thingy wrong again?

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I don’t want to know how large the database of, let’s say Reddit, actually is

Too bad! There's an archive project (from r/DataHoarder) working now to grab what can be grabbed. So far its up to 3.01PB.

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