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[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm not really sure that being open source here means much of anything, but an SO alternative definitely sounds good. Thanks for the tip.

[–] beyond@linkage.ds8.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At a basic level it just means anyone can run their own instance if they want. Most importantly here, it means if the company/organization running the flagship instance goes rotten it is much easier to migrate out of it.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

But without federation questions and answers reside only on one server