[\#lemmy](https://mas.to/tags/lemmy)/#kbin has a problem that [#mastodon](https://mas.to/tags/mastodon) hasn't even attempted to solve; groups and what happens when they get popular.

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#lemmy/#kbin has a problem that #mastodon hasn't even attempted to solve; groups and what happens when they get popular.

#Communities, #groups, #magazines, whatever they are called are implemented as #Actors in #ActivityPub. They are basically just *very* popular users who boost a *lot*.

You can't just distribute them across instances the way normal actors do. Whichever server hosts @technology@lemmy.ml or @technology@beehaw.org is going to get HOSED on the regular.

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Reading this and trying to visualize the big picture, I think this is where kbin's magazine is going to win out in the end

Out of curiosity, how is kbin's magazine system designed to avoid this problem?

Ok, from what I understand now, a magazine can follow tags or keywords, which will populate the magazine. So no matter where in the fediverse something is posted, it will show up in the magazine.

But then if the instance hosting the magazine goes down YEAH OK I GET IT NOW

From what I understand... wait I understand nothing