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How do we expand (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by starfish@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Most of the communities are on one instance i.e .ml. Should we spin up more instances and start spreading communities either by location, interests, etc? Maybe, I am wrong but do mod/s who run the communities understand the idea of "decentralized social networks" or this is just to get few brownie points to start the community and increase the traffic? Please correct me if I am wrong.

No offence, just an observation.

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[–] publictech@baraza.africa 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Don’t forget the whole idea of federation is that an instance with 10 members is not limited to those members only on content sources. I like it when more instances interlink and therefore reduce the centralization risks while keeping network benefits.

[–] starfish@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, I am aware. At end of the day reducing the centralization is our end result.

("hope")

[–] Gritty@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Good point