Why do the instances keep going down? It makes me think that this is not a reliable social network, but the alternatives are not as good.

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      1 year ago

      I thought the point was to join communities. Am I wrong?

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        1 year ago

        You can join any community on any instance from any other instance, as long as the admin hasn’t blocked it.

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          1 year ago

          So I don’t get the problem then.

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            1 year ago

            … exactly?

            Someone pointed out an advantage of smaller instances and you were the one that said small instances have a problem (lack of communities), and I’m the one pointing out that your supposed problem does not, in fact, exist.

            TL;DR small instance good