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Why won't fediverse instances bloat and pop? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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If content on the fediverse is federated and copied to local instances, then won't instances have to hold onto a forever increasing amount of data?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We’re not using social media.

And this stuff does need to be saved forever. The biggest advantage of reddit was that you could Google anything and find a detailed reddit post about your issue/topic from 3 years ago.