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EILI5: How does Lemmy work? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ron3ats@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As the title indicates, how does Lemmy work?

I recently inquired in a couple other communities about necessities (whether it be hardware or software, ect) and guidance to create a server/instance and decided I may be better off understanding how this realm works and operates as my starting point, then move into the hardware side, then continue to the Sofware and setup.

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[–] FamoserSchelm@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What happens if an owner of an instance like u/spez goes crazy or shuts down his server for other reasons? Does this delete my user and content or can I move my account to another instance even if the server is already shut down?

[–] JohannesOliver@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Currently Lemmy does not have a way to move your account to another instance even if the server is still up. It would delete your user and content, however that content may still exist on other instances.