King@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agoIf Lemmy became popular, what would prevent any three-letter agency from opening a server to get all the user data?message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up199file-text
arrow-up199message-squareIf Lemmy became popular, what would prevent any three-letter agency from opening a server to get all the user data?King@lemy.lol to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoHoly shit. TIL. Thanks!
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoFun fact, this is because lemmy communities are the same type of entity as mastodon accounts. They’re basically a “person” to the rest of the Fediverse.
minus-squareAdaAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoAnd they basically “boost” content to the timelines of accounts that subscribe (ie follow) the community account. Just like a boost on Mastodon.
Holy shit. TIL.
Thanks!
Fun fact, this is because lemmy communities are the same type of entity as mastodon accounts. They’re basically a “person” to the rest of the Fediverse.
And they basically “boost” content to the timelines of accounts that subscribe (ie follow) the community account. Just like a boost on Mastodon.