What happens to the posts and comments made in an instance if that instance shuts down?

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ThatGuy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

To my understanding, it gets deleted in that instance, but a portion of it may be preserved if another instance that is federated already holds that data.

chardiemacdennis@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Doesn't it just fall under whateve are that records retention policies for that instance?

squaresinger@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Two things: the data on the instance will be gone.

The posts/comments that were replicated on other instances will stay, but they will be defederated, meaning they will not ever be synced up woth other instances' replications of these posts/comments. Every instance will just have their own, insular copy.

intensely_human@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y

Do the copies on other instances ever expire and get cleared? Or will they stay indefinitely, without updates?