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Awassi is Sheep

@w I just don't get the point of the separate instances

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wukko

@Awassi it makes everything more annoying that’s about it

Seiko

@w @Awassi that is the core tenant of decentralization. By democratizing who runs the platform, no single outage collapses the entire network. Don't worry about the instances so much - find one that is stable and run by people you feel you can trust with the tech side of things, and carry on. Worry about finding Your People. Banding on one instance sort of defeats the purpose of federated networks.

Awassi is Sheep

@Ervo Aaaah that makes sense. So if one falls or goes to shit, the whole thing doesn't fall with it.

α›—πŸ¦Šα›ŸErvoα›ŸπŸ¦Šα›— :veripawed3:

@Awassi exactly, you can also move from one instance to another with little effort, you take all your following and followers with you
Also, being small servers they can be moderated by real people more easily

Awassi is Sheep

@Ervo I guess my last question is if I need to make multiple accounts across different instances or if I should just have the one.
Is there any benefit to doing that?

α›—πŸ¦Šα›ŸErvoα›ŸπŸ¦Šα›— :veripawed3:

@Awassi At first I also believed that it was necessary to make multiple accounts but then I realized that it doesn't contribute much, although if you need multiple accounts for your normal account and your AD account, for example, you can create them in different instances if you want

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