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I think this is so ridiculous as to essentially constitute fantasy. Lemmy.world, the largest Lemmy instance has about 40% of the active userbase (and declining slowly as a share of overall users) out of a pool of about 40k users. I don't think that's sufficient if Lemmy.world tried to cut itself off from every other network, they'd shed a lot of users who have people and communities they interact with outside of the main instance.
If Lemmy became popular, it across the instances would become popular. Not just one instance.
If for some reason a single instance did become hyperpopular and obnoxious to interact on, the lemmy software would still be accessible to rebuild another ecosphere elsewhere.
I'm not sure you know what an "instance" is. Can you tell me what you think an instance is?
I don't think they would...
There's a weird idea that people need one fediverse account that federated with everyone they want...
If someone like .world, but likes an instance that doesn't federate...
The absolute worst thing is they have multiple interfaces to flip thru. And especially since so many people use an app that lets them flip in an instance.
Maybe I'm just old, but I remember having like 20 different forum memberships and having to visit completely different websites.
It wasn't a huge deal.
Defederation isn't a deathblow, and having a couple distinct circles makes sense.