One thing I’m not clear about is the impact my home instance has on me. I joined lemmy.world and am currently using the connect for lemmy app. I know when I sort by Local it will only show me posts from lemmy.world, but beyond that are there any things to keep in mind?

I have read that lemmy.world has been hit by DDoS attacks but I’ve never had any problem using connect for Lemmy during those times as far as I know.

    • djc0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Doesn’t defederated mean cut off? Because I certainly get beehaw content at lemmy.world. Just when sorting by “hot” seems different. Then averaged over a bunch of subs, my home feed is quite different.

      Anyway 🤷‍♂️

        • djc0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Appreciate the explanation. Let me see if I understand. Beehaw defederated, which means you can stay in the beehaw bubble and never have to connect with/put up with the outside lemmy-verse.

          Whereas from lemmy.world, all content is viewable, including beehaw …?

          If that’s the case I might stick with my lemmy.world account as I can see more of the fediverse from there.

            • djc0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              1 year ago

              I appreciate the explanation, and I understand exactly what you’re saying. My confusion though is that it doesn’t match what I’m seeing. I’m using the Voyager web app if that makes a difference.

              An example: I can see posts and comments at [email protected] from lemmy.world. So I don’t see a wasteland. I just see a smaller number of and different posts, compared to looking at the same sub from beehaw.org. It’s the same place, looking at the sidebar. Just that different content appears to be available depending on the home location gaming viewed from.

              Could it be that what I’m seeing from lemmy.world are just the crossposts (if such a thing exists here)? And perhaps comments from non-beehaw.org users? That’s why it’s not total empty, just reduced?

              Also: when an instance defederates, is that from everywhere or just selected instances? For example, what you’re saying is that beehaw is blocking lemmy.world but not other smaller instances. And so I should sign up at a smaller non-blocked instance which will then see everything …?

              • djc0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                1 year ago

                To kind of answer one of my own questions after rereading all the comments here, defederation seems to be per-instance, not from everywhere.

                So picking a smaller, well run, non-controversial instance for you account can be an advantage, as you should be connected to everywhere.

                The risk seems to be that smaller instances have a higher risk of shutting down unexpectedly and/or not being as well maintained (updates, security etc).