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We're the creators of Lemmy, Ask Us Anything. Starts Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is an opportunity for any users, server admins, or interested third parties to ask anything they'd like to @[email protected] and I about Lemmy. This includes its development and future, as well as wider issues relevant to the social media landscape today.

Note: This will be the thread tmrw, so you can use this thread to ask and vote on questions beforehand.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Account migration is not in the works, and I consider it very low priority. Unlike Mastodon, Lemmy isnt focused on individual users, so it doesnt matter much if you start posting from another instance one day. If its important for you, you can always put a link in your profile to your other accounts. I would rather implement a way to export/import account data. Thats much simpler and can also be used as a backup in case your instance goes down.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would rather implement a way to export/import account data.

This is perfectly reasonable. I think a lot of users will be happy with this. Also, I agree with the view that lemmy isn't focused on individual users. We have X, Mastodon, etc. for that. Thanks for the response!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I honestly thought that was what OP meant, I just assumed I would have to have a new name or something since it might already be taken on a new instance anyway.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I would rather implement a way to export/import account data. Thats much simpler and can also be used as a backup in case your instance goes down.

This makes a lot of sense and would be quite useful too! As taking your posts with you is hard to implement (AFAIU), migration really just comes down to importing data like subscriptions.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For communities, howver, it is much more important thing. Re-tart a community from scratch on another instance has a huge "cost".

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Thats true, but community migration seems complicated to implement so it will have to wait.