• huginn
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    1 year ago

    … but also pay to support your instance. Don’t be a leech.

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        1 year ago

        Yes but Mr lemmy.world isn’t a self hoster

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            1 year ago

            You’re self hosting: no qualms with that.

            The most populous server is mostly full of people freeloading. They’re the same types who torrent without seeding.

            It’s usually not that big a deal as long as the server has some people chipping in for upkeep but no matter how you slice it: if your account is on a server you’re either contributing to upkeep or leeching off the donations of others.

            Self hosters arent leeching: they’re participating in the decentralization.

            With federation servers cache content from each other and then serve it to their users. If you have a ton of users you’re using a ton of bandwidth. Simple as.

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              1 year ago

              Thanks for the reply! After I wrote that I had another look at the context in which you posted your comment and realized I had misunderstood your meaning. That was why I deleted it. I can definitely appreciate that a very large instance will have higher operating costs and that people shouldn’t be mooches. Cheers!