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Why do the instances keep going down? It makes me think that this is not a reliable social network, but the alternatives are not as good.

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[โ€“] trashhalo 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If thats how Lemmy should be used it would be helpful if we could identify yourself across servers. Like email has pgp that lets you sign your emails to prove it's really you. Would be cool. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah I think the fediverse biggest limitation in general to achieving most of its stated goals is the fact that accounts are bound tightly to an instance