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[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lemmy has been feeling pretty empty the past couple of days. That just really goes to show how important federation really is.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I noticed that as well, thought maybe things were just slowing down, but it's good to know it was the software and not a sudden drop in community involvement. Since admins became aware of the bug and began restarting their servers as an ad-hoc fix, I've been seeing way more engagement on my instance.

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

Yes and no, if you have enough users you do not need federation for a server to not feel empty. But overall many servers do not have that many users, so federation with larger ones is essential.