<![CDATA[I thought federalization was about not having an owner of a platform.]]>I thought federalization was about not having an owner of a platform. Decentralization.
I have some reading to do

]]>https://forum.unfinishedprojects.net/topic/ce3158b6-6be2-47fb-91ea-3501a3a47a95/i-thought-federalization-was-about-not-having-an-owner-of-a-platform.RSS for NodeThu, 09 Apr 2026 23:08:34 GMTWed, 04 Mar 2026 14:29:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I thought federalization was about not having an owner of a platform. on Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:49:42 GMT]]>So defederation just means we block some of instances

]]>https://forum.unfinishedprojects.net/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24116207https://forum.unfinishedprojects.net/post/https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24116207Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:49:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I thought federalization was about not having an owner of a platform. on Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:58:55 GMT]]>not really, every Lemmy instance has an owner…

What federation is is that every Lemmy instance gets some of its data not just from its users, but also from other Lemmy instances. You can think of each Lemmy instance as one mini-reddit, in principle there is no difference between reddit and one single Lemmy instance. Federation means that Lemmy instances copy their data from/to each other so that you can talk to users who use other ones too.

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