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It could happen if there was a very popular instance that didn't federate with others.
An instance that gained its popularity starting off not federate with others? Not possible right? How the hell do you attract another instance's users if you don't federate?
An instance that start off federating but ended up breaking off? How is it supposed to retain its users from other instances?
If an instance become overwhelmingly popular it could theoretically decide that users from other instances aren’t important and leave the federation. They would lose the users from elsewhere, but leave them free to fork the code and do their own thing. I’m not sure how this works with the licensing, but they were determined I’m sure they could go down the same path as Reddit.