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Is Lemmy Federation with Aether possible?

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  • Comments and posts being ephemeral on Aether is essentially a moot point from a data preservation perspective, as it would be trivial for someone to backup the data.

    The ephemeral nature of Aether is more valuable from a user convenience perspective as everything you subscribe to in Aether is stored on your device. Posts deleting themselves after a time means that your Aether data folder doesn't grow too large.

    To further my point: Lemmy server hosts would be a great group to backup Aether data for users that don't want to have a large local data folder and for record keeping.

    To me, Aether's big thing is that it applies true decentralization and opt-in censorship resistant to reddit's organic community growth and thread style.

    The democratization of moderation on Aether is an extremely elegant solution that I don't think translates well to Lemmy. Lemmy server hosts could ultimately overrule any moderator decision just as reddit did this past week. This is not possible in a top down way on Aether, but I still see Lemmy as a useful potential bridge.

    • Is Lemmy Federation with Aether possible?

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  • Fair point about it being a potential waste of resources as Aether is unmaintained.

    What specifically sound like crap to you? Attempting to shoehorn Aether into Lemmy somehow? Just asking for clarity :)

    • Wouldn't the fediverse work better if it was like a drive array rather than independent communities on independent servers?

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  • That is how Aether works.

    Aether is a reddit alternative that I prefer to Lemmy honestly, however it is not being maintained.

    • Third party Reddit apps just got canned.

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  • Just tried it and am liking it more than the Jerboa app. Any other webapp solutions?

    • Currently free at GOG: Beholder 2 (2018, native Linux)

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  • Anyone here played it?

    What's it like?