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When an instance like lemm.ee shuts down, what happens to the posts and comments? (lemmy.zip)
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While I understand the concept of federation I'm unclear as to what it actually entails at a technical level. When lemm.ee eventually shuts down, will all of that user content (posts, comments, votes, etc) cease to exist? Is it mirrored on other instances?

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

That instance went down a while back, so posting a link to the community wouldn't work.

LW users can still make posts there, but they would indeed not federate.

I was just providing an example so that people could see what it would look like