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Alan Davies twitter account is being used to beg for bitcoin. (twitter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Darkard@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Due to how poor twitter is run, he can't get it back.

I wish celebs would just ditch the platform already.

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[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am fairly savvy with what makes the internet work. If Lemmy is linked then it must have a central control point. This is the piece that I was unaware of. I was under the impression that each server is freestanding. I have a log in for Feddit and also for Lemmy.

So is each instance (eg: Feddit, Lemmy.one, Lemmy.ml) on a host machine in someone's home or is it hosted on a main server?

[–] midgephoto@photog.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Syldon @loobkoob "Must"? My impression is that it does not, and is said not to, and that that is not impossible.

[–] Syldon@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ok you made me research it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemmy_(software)

Lemmy instances are federated with each other, allowing a user on a given instance to participate in a "community" on another Lemmy instance without having to create an account on the other instance;[4] and with other instances in the Fediverse that use different software. ActivityPub is the protocol used to allow Lemmy instances to operate as a federated social network. It allows users to interact with compatible platforms including Mastodon and PeerTube.[16]>

It works as I said. I never realised Lemmy was linked. TIL

[–] midgephoto@photog.social 2 points 1 year ago

@Syldon Did it clear up your belief there must be a central control point?

(If I get to that WP article I might change "are federated" to "may federate" because it is more precise, and because that is part of the methods which substitute for central oversight.