Like does content get mirrored to my instance and then mine distributes it ala BitTorrent or is my instance it’s own thing?

  • terribleplan@lemmy.nrd.li
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    1 year ago

    There is certainly an inflection point. I am not sure where it falls. If you rarely use Lemmy the other servers are expending effort federating to you for no reason, so for a heavy single user it is probably a positive. I imagine it also varies based on how you browse as “new” is probably “lighter” than “hot” or “active”.

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      1 year ago

      Sure, but the server calculates the hot/active every 15 minutes regardless of whether or not you browse it. It’s calculated on a timed job so it’s always fresh and ready for everyone.