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Technically, if you post a picture from lemmy.ca to a different instance, the picture is stored on lemmy.ca's server, so yes, that would be against the rules, as that is what i'm trying to avoid.
I would say a general rule of thumb (as a lot of instances have similar rules, but they're probably enforced differently) that you try and follow the rules of both the instance you're posting from and the one your posting to. the community itself can have it's own set of rules too.
As to where the content itself is stored, technically, they're stored in both places. if you delete your account, i believe it gives you can option to delete all your content as well, and those deletes will be federated as well.
That being said, if one instance goes down, or an owner takes it down, or whatever, any content that has already been federated to other instances are already there, ie, stuff should still work, for the most part, with probably the exception being any images stored locally on the instance that is down, since images themselves don't federate across instances.
Also, a quick disclaimer, all of the above is all stuff that "i'm pretty sure on", haha, just from my understanding of how things work around here. If i'm wrong on anything, feel free to correct me!
Hi smorks, Thank you for lemmy.ca
I'm still a bit confused by your above comment.
To clarify:
So, if I'm logged into my lemmy.ca account and would create a post with a picture on a different instance, e.g. lemmy.ml or Lemmy.world , it would be against the rules of lemmy.ca?
And vice versa, if someone with an account on an instance that is known for banning criticism of certain governments, if they were to post such a post on lemmy.ca or lemmy.world , would still break the rules of their home instance and risk being banned there for something they've posted on a different instance that doesn't have that rule?
Does that mean, I would need a second account on a different instance that doesn't have this/these particular rules when posting such content?
Thank you ๐
When you post to a community on a different instance, the post itself is still on lemmy.ca, you're basically just 'categorizing' it as being intended for the other instance's community. It's similar to asking, "if I make a Mastodon post and I @ a group on another instance, do I have to follow the post rules for my server?"
Thank you for your explanation. This makes it much clearer for me :)