Correct me if I’m wrong. I read ActivityPub standards and dug a little into lemmy sources to understand how federation works. And I’m a bit disappointed. Every server just has a cache and the ability to fetch something from another known server. So if you start your own instance, there is no profit for the whole network until you have a significant piece of auditory (e.g. private instances or servers with no users). Are there any “balancers” to utilize these empty instances? Should we promote (or create in the first place) a way how to passively help lemmy with such fast growth?

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    Well, by just searching topics in the search bar you can typically find instances related to the search. You need to click the “chain” icon rather than the “federated star” icon to view the post “from your instance” and stay on your personal account.

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      You need to click the “chain” icon rather than the “federated star” icon to view the post “from your instance” and stay on your personal account.

      Woah. I’ve been clicking the star the whole time. This may make things a looot easier.

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        1 year ago

        It does! That way, you can immediately subscribe to the community regardless of what instance it’s on.