Do they get adopted by other instances? Are they still accessible from other instances? Can you still post on them from another instance?

Edit: From my understanding every instance that deals with a community has a cached copy. Will that copy disappear after a certain time, because it can’t phone to home anymore?

  • sunaurus@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    As of Lemmy 0.18.1, cached copies on other instances do not disappear if the original instance has died.

    In theory, it might even be possible to actually clone a cached copy into a new local community. This would require some database hacking, so not recommended unless you’re familiar with Lemmy code and SQL.