What is an instance? what is a federation? what is a server? can someone please describe in simple terms how this all runs and how we as users navigate it?

  • Ciren@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Your account would disappear, yes. It’s the same as email really. If Gmail were to be shutdown, your Gmail account would go with it even though everybody using other email services would still see your already sent emails in their local inboxes