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> FEDIVERSE INSTANCES WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE ARCHIVES

UNTIL NOW

> though, on the other hand, a lot of the network is nearly blast proof because the data is just rotting away is some dank corner of some unknown server. Big, old instances are the outlier and liability there, but the effect is cool, I guess.

Yeah, I don't think every server on fedi has to be that way, but the fact that some of them are has been useful. I have recovered stuff that was on one server by using someone else's server.

> When I lose my mind and write a fediverse server implementation it will not be a steward of the network, but a leech.

They have to exist!