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I have no idea. That's why i disagree with people saying you better join a small instance. Since the reddit api changes i saw like 15 instances dying. Instances like lemmy.world have a lot of problem but the admins have proved that they could handle them
Yeah I've been against promoting smaller instances from the very beginning for this very reason.
If it's small and has been established for years? Go for it. If it's small and just popped up recently? It's a pretty big risk.
I like the idea of a federated network of lots of smallish instances. You're absolutely right, though, that some flux is to be expected, and evident.