i guess i just experienced one of the biggest downsides to the fediverse that people have been talking about. instance suddenly disappeared with no warning. i guess i’ve lost my follow list

  • makeasnek@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This problem, btw is exactly what nostr solves. With nostr your identity is tied to your key, not to your instance (they call them relays). So if your instance dies, you don’t lose your followers, you just start publishing to a new relay.