Trying to wrap my head around the fediverse. Is each instance like another person with a server? Could that person just shut it down whenever they wanted to?
Are there any companies that have invested in hosting Lemmy/ other fediverse servers?
Sorry I’m sure I messed up some of the terminology, I hope my questions make sense! I love the idea of the fediverse as I understand it, but I like to dig into these details.
Why you do!
https://elest.io/open-source/lemmy
Or rather, we all do.
I hosted an instance during the rexxodus when I thought more people would come over and I used elest to host it. When it didn’t catch on I moved over to world.
Some people also host a ‘single person’ instance so that they are in control of who they are federated with.
Single person instance hoster here! I love that I know what service I’m interacting with, I control what that instance does and chooses who to federated with, and I’m unlikely to get defederated due to some other idiots bad comments or brigading.