Comment on BlogOnLemmy - I made my Blog using Lemmy's API

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• kernelle@0d.gs ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That requires the running and maintenance of a federated instance, which is not easy or cheap. Doing it like this allows anyone to make a BlogOnLemmy by serving but a single webpage, no extra server cost at all.

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  • scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So, schlepping it off on other instance owners, so they host it, which as you say is not easy or cheap.

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    • kernelle@0d.gs ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The open web and API’s are designed for this purpose, and don’t think any instance would ever follow reddit and close up theirs.

      I’m all for donating to your instance owner, altough I’d be surprised if any would mind their API being used this way. Giving credit where credit is due.

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