I imagine users go poof. Are their profiles stored in other federated instances? Is there a way to recover them or “import from backup” onto another instance?

If they don’t have an e-mail I imagine you can’t even notify them or authenticate them elsewhere so this “import from backup” even if technically feasible (idk if it is) would be impossible in practice due to authentication issues.

And communities, can you even notify all your subscribers to move to the “backup community” on another instance? I saw yesterday that a Mastodon server host said “I’m deleting this instance in 2 days” or something like that and I started wondering how shit would go on Lemmy.

  • God@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    thanks! my server is smaller than that, thinking of setting one up but kinda bored about it cuz i also have a very busy job and i’m poor so spending money and time on servering would be a bit counter-productive to my current pursuits

    on the other hand, it sounds fun, so i might do it anyway for the kekkities