What happens in the event that a Lemmy instance goes down?
What happens in the event that a Lemmy instance goes down?
Basically the title. I’m here from the Reddit exodus but I’ve been on mastodon before. But I’m not sure what happens when an instance goes offline or goes down, will I have to make a new account on a different instance instead? Do I lose all my data? Thank you :)
@Maitreyi If you didn't backed up your data, yes, you will lose your data (I dunno Lemmy supports data import/export tho.) Also, you need to open another account on another lemmy instance/server
If its down you cant browse or login to that instance. It may be good to
A. Roll your own instance to maintain control of your account B. Have a backup on a separate instance just in case.
This instance was down for a little while last week. @Jerry fixed it up as soon as he had time. But afaik hes a one man show and is running other federated services as well as probably working a full time job.
Is rolling your own instance the best way to experience lemmy?
It’s a mixed bag
I use my own instance 95% of the time. But there are times where I like to use the “All” filter instead of local or subscribed and can find some interesting content I haven specifically sought out. On your own personal instance subscribed and all are basically the same thing.
So I still use accounts, like this one, from before when I built my own. But I am a control freak and like to be in the know as to when I upgrade and or backup. So my own instance is nice for that.
Great question