Why set up a Lemmy instance instead of creating a community on an existing instance?
Now you have to worry about hosting costs, domain renewal etc.
Why set up a Lemmy instance instead of creating a community on an existing instance?
Now you have to worry about hosting costs, domain renewal etc.
If they really have the commitment to run that instance for years, and to organise a proper successor one day when they don’t want to do it any more - that would be growing the Fediverse. But if they abandon it after x years, they would be harming it.