Comment on Plebbit is a peer-to-peer Reddit alternative that allows you to self host and own your own community
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 weeks agoThere’s a lot of lemmy instances, which two would you shoot at?
BitTorrent still relies on trackers, but much like a lemmy instance you can move over and share things elsewhere
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Lemmy.world and lemmy.ml or sh.itjust.works. Those are the largest and host the most popular communities.
If an instance goes down, all the communities hosted there become dead. If a BitTorrent tracker goes down, you pick another and nothing changes, because the tracker doesn’t own the data. This is especially true for peer exchanges.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
I suppose you’re right, It’s still a lot better than a reddit like situation though. I’ll have to keep that in mind
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Sure, and that’s why I’m here and not on Reddit, and I may switch to Plebbit if that gets traction since I think its design is better. But it’s also why I’m not hosting my own instance or actively contributing to either project. I did contribute some bug fixes to Lemmy in the past, and will probably do the same for Plebbit at some point, but my focus will be on my own project.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
I’m just glad the market is diversifying