If I were to create my own instance federated with all the other instances, as of today, how much data would I be storing, since I would make a copy of all the content?
I know this will vary a lot, but I’m looking for a ballpark figure to have an idea. I don’t think it would be a lot, but I can’t find an estimate anywhere.
Reposted from https://lemmy.world/post/55030 as I think this community is probably a better fit
@knighthawk0811 @pimeys I think the proxy does not really store the media files anymore, it just retrieves them and serves them… because of the potential danger by scammers. So it protects the users privacy but does not enable people to exploit the proxy as as host for scam.