Not sure if this is the right place for this, still getting used to lemmy! I’m a bit confused on some things and I’m hoping people can answer for me.

  • What happens to the communities/comments/accounts if a lemmy instance goes down? Do they just disappear?

  • Can people on other instances use your username? Could others tell which is which in comments/posts?

  • How can people afford to host an instance? Aren’t there costs to hosting a server?

  • Is there anything stopping corporate interests hosting a lemmy? I fear that these corporate instances will be the only ones that can handle large traffic and we’re just back to Reddit.

  • Can an instance go from fully federated to partially without telling it’s users? How would they know?

Thank you for your answers!

  • majorswitcher@lemmyfly.org
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    1 year ago

    How can people afford to host an instance? Aren’t there costs to hosting a server?

    my instance (currently only 18 users) is on a basic server plan costing me ± $7,- a month. When that’s becoming much higher I’ll ask for donations to help me out (and I’ll be fully transparent on the current server costs and how much is donated)