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DrDystopia@lemy.lol 3 days agoBecause the admin has to host all that content, which I imagine contains 0.01% interesting stuff for less than 1% of the users.
Last time I ran a Lemmy instance I used like 300GB in a few weeks and that was just by firehosing ALL Lemmy posts. Storage gets bloated fast unless the admin actively implements hacks, like not caching media content. But that kind of defeats the purpose of federation IMO.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
That’s quitter talk.
Seriously though, thanks for the insight. I still like having the content, but your points make total sense.
StellarExtract@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Of course, it’s also possible it was just a mistake, which is partly why I made the post. The reason listed for the ban was “post spam,” which could be considered an accurate characterization given the volume, but might also be a misinterpretation of the content.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Also a good point. Wonder if we will ever know the answer lol.