You know, there’s nothing wrong with having accounts on multiple instances, just in case something happens on your main instance.
I agree with this fine gentleperson. They seem wise and totally cool and stuff.
True that
The more mature lemmy becomes the less realistic it will be to have multiple accounts for the same purpose.
Only fair way to do that is to have large instances close for new accounts, so as more people find Lemmy they’ll have to pick the next ones on the list. Making the choice is the hardest part for a new person (most of you probably realize that having done it yourselves) so streamlining that as well would help. Then make migration to other instances with all your “stuff” easy. Perhaps have it so your old account can forward anything to the new one, like email and regular mail can do. The bloated and centralized instances are just a byproduct of an unforeseen growth explosion and can be rectified, plus help future development.
Account migration would definitely help. Most new users just go with the largest server because of FOMO and not understanding fully what federation is yet. Once they are comfortable enough, providing the ability to transfe their account to another instance would definitely be useful. Mastodon already allows you to do that.
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eh, picking an instance wasn’t too bad for me. I already knew how federation worked, though, so I suppose that was helpful. I just picked one that wasn’t too big (cryptocurrency mining has centralization issues too and i knew a bit about that so i knew not to pick the biggest), and had reasonable rules.
I have a couple accounts, but I only use the lemmy.world one because it’s a pain to resubscribe to all the communities. Is there a mass-subscription-list copy function somewhere?
I find using the Connect app for Android (not sure about ios) makes it easier to find or subscribe to a community, either by browsing by All or using the search bar, although the search function may take a few tries or not work at all
What do you mean?
I think they’re meaning to ask if there is a mass-subscription-list copy function somewhere.
There is https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim
Thanks for the suggestion! It does ask for your password, so are you sure it’s 100% secure? I tried it out, but it seems like it only copied something like half my subscribed communities, but better than nothing.
It’s FOSS you can compile it on your own, I assume it asks password so It can fetch the list from your account
I don’t think so
Is it possible to host my own instance, for me and myself alone? That way I don’t need to worry about my instance being down.
Yes but its honestly a lot of hassle and you would need to be very careful about security and bots
Me not even on lemmy.
When I created my account I had absolutely no idea what federated meant (I’m still not sure I really get it) so I just made an account on Lemmy World.
But is it possible to change an account to another instance and keep the mod status on the communities I have on Lemmy World?
no, but as a mod I suppose you can simply make your new account a mod as well
I personally just privated my communities and left a link to a new community on a different instance.
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I hope account migration across instances becomes a thing.
But it’s not, right? I’m a Mastodon user, not a Reddit one. So I already migrated there but here doesn’t seem like a possibility, which is annoying.
You go first…
Done
Working on an app for that now.
For what exactly?
Thanks for asking. I am in the final stages of allowing users to have their own lemmy servers, to include a mobile app. Lemmy is only part of the offering. At large, I’m looking to bring decentralized alternatives for almost everything, with some new edge features for security and the likes too.
I’ll probably make a post about it somewhere when it goes live but I’m hoping to really target folks on reddit and twitter(now X) + threads. I’d really like to show people that there are much better alternatives out there.
Why?
Things aren’t really decentralized if they’re run by just a few big instances. Its just changing hands of ownership.
True but you can always jump to a different instance. I think it would be better to direct users to smaller instances instead of expecting them to know that it means to run a server. Running a server requires a constant internet connection and a knowledge of good security practices.
Well thankfully my team will be handling the server administration and security. Folks will have options to access their own server at their own risk. 😉
So what shall we do, create another account? And if so, where?
As Luke skywalker said: Anywhere!
And the first question? I’ve been here for a month. Dunno why it’s my problem.
