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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by xavier666@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hello fellow lemmings!

I'm a new lemming like many of you and I want to know a bit more about the inner workings of lemmy. So I just have a few questions

If I'm part of instance A and there is a community C in instance B and I want to put a comment with a picture attached.
1. In which instance is the data (comment+picture) stored?
Is it possible to migrate from instance A to instance B seamlessly while taking all my data?
1. If yes, will my username change from user@A to user@B?
2. If the username changes, how do my previous followers keep track?
When I'm just viewing (not commenting) community C@B from instance A, is some amount of data (images/post text) is transferred from B to A?
1. If yes, is it kept for sometime or permanently?
If I've subscribed to 100s of communities in different instances, how much will it impact my instance?
Consider the link to this post lemmy.ml/post/1223070 and lemm.ee/post/24869 which basically references this post from different instances.
1. Is there any difference in the way people see it?
2. Will there be a sync issue when people try commenting on it?

These are just some questions that came to my mind. I'll post more in the comments as they come.

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