Addison@lemmy.worldtoLemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world•Is lemmy.ml just a tankie recruitment zone?
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1 year agoIt’s not such a bad combination to be a tankie and an open source software developer.
It’s a problem to be a tankie and an admin/mod for the flagship instance.
You don’t query another instance’s database.
When your instance is federated with another, your instance will sync a local copy of threads and interactions from that instance.
You then query your own database and instantly have access to everyone else’s interaction data.