Other than writing the software that all of those instances use to stay up to date and in contact with each other, regardless of their federation status.
Sure, technically. But good luck getting anyone to use your version over the mass adopted one. And good luck fitting back in if they decide to take their fork in a direction you dont like, which isolates your instance further and further.
deus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The Lemmy devs have no power over instances they do not run themselves.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
Other than writing the software that all of those instances use to stay up to date and in contact with each other, regardless of their federation status.
unnecessarygoat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
can’t people just take the lemmy source code and make their own version of the lemmy api?
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
Sure, technically. But good luck getting anyone to use your version over the mass adopted one. And good luck fitting back in if they decide to take their fork in a direction you dont like, which isolates your instance further and further.