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[–] flare@lemmy.kya.moe 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly the reason why Lemmy at scale will never work, since most people won't run their own instance.

[–] dudeami0@lemmy.dudeami.win 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think running your own instance is required, just that the user base needs to be distributed across more instances. The happy median lies somewhere between "uber" instances and self-hosted.

[–] flare@lemmy.kya.moe 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, but the common user would just register on the most popular instance. It will take a lot of effort to change that mindset.