Re:Tell HN: My Reddit account was banned after adding my sub...
by Paul-Craft on Monday June 05, 2023 @02:39AM
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What happens when YC decides to shut down HN? Or, alternatively, they do $THING you don't like?
Worst case, with Lemmy, some server op decides to rage quit and shut down the server, and you're left in the same situation as if HN decided to just shut down without notice. In the other scenario, with Lemmy, you do the same thing you would if the same thing happened at HN: either play along or take your ball and go home.
You're right that being federated doesn't magically make people into reasonable humans. But, at least with Lemmy, you have an easy option to start up your own server if you don't like how someone is running one that you participate on.
Worst case, with Lemmy, some server op decides to rage quit and shut down the server, and you're left in the same situation as if HN decided to just shut down without notice. In the other scenario, with Lemmy, you do the same thing you would if the same thing happened at HN: either play along or take your ball and go home.
You're right that being federated doesn't magically make people into reasonable humans. But, at least with Lemmy, you have an easy option to start up your own server if you don't like how someone is running one that you participate on.