Do they get adopted by other instances? Are they still accessible from other instances? Can you still post on them from another instance?

Edit: From my understanding every instance that deals with a community has a cached copy. Will that copy disappear after a certain time, because it can’t phone to home anymore?

  • sunaurus@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    As of Lemmy 0.18.1, cached copies on other instances do not disappear if the original instance has died.

    In theory, it might even be possible to actually clone a cached copy into a new local community. This would require some database hacking, so not recommended unless you’re familiar with Lemmy code and SQL.

  • comfortablyglum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    If I understand the fediverse correctly, if the instance dies (meaning all the background servers are taken away), everything on that instance is gone; accounts, communities, posts, comments. Since the instance is the host, they are the ones holding the data; if they decide to stop, it’s gone.

    However, the creator of the community and its members could create new accounts on another instance to rebuild the community.

    • HTTP_404_NotFound@lemmyonline.comEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The accounts are gone-

      But, communities, posts, comments are all replicated. With a single flip of a bit, you can take that cached copy, and turn it into a local community.

      Users would need to re-subscribe/follow/etc, but, all of the data would be there.

  • Koordinator O@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    1 year ago

    Lemmy is instanced. if the host “dies” everthing else dies with it. even the accounts and everything. as far as i understand it. maybe there will be a few cached posts from that instance but im not sure about that.