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Why won't fediverse instances bloat and pop? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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If content on the fediverse is federated and copied to local instances, then won't instances have to hold onto a forever increasing amount of data?

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[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Only text content is fully federated. Image posts are cached on other instances, but only the home instance keeps a "permanent" copy of the image

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