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HamSwagwich@showeq.com 8 months agoWith a centralized network you literally have one server and if it dies all data is lost.
You just described Lemmy.
The fact that you don’t understand that federation != decentralization is the problem. Just because something is federated does not mean it’s decentralized. Decentralized means all data is stored on all nodes and the loss of any one node does not compromise that data. That’s not Lemmy. If your Lemmy server goes down, significant portions of your data go with it, which proportions vary, but you WILL lose data. That’s not decentralized, but everyone agrees Lemmy is federated, yes? Therefore, federation is not decentralization.
PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Dude you can literally count the number of independent instances. How can you assume that the network isn’t decentralized? A network where the data is distributed over the user nodes is called a distributed system for a reason. Decentralization does not mean that one part of the network can’t go down but the network itself will survive it.
HamSwagwich@showeq.com 8 months ago
What part of what I wrote do you not understand? Because it’s painfully clear you are completely mistaken about how Federation works or what it is. I’ve already explained the differences to you, but you don’t seem to be able to grasp them. So where is the failure of communication here? Which parts are you having trouble with?
PropaGandalf@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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