Comment on How can I migrate my current Lemmy profile to another lemmy instance?
Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 month agore-subscruibe to communities with manual approval
Are they that common? I usually find the feature used to lock inactive communities
losing all your comments and posts history
They are not lost, they are still there, and people know they are yours if you post your new account on your old account bio.
private messaging history and contacts.
Lemmy shouldn’t be used for messaging, that’s why you can show your Matrix account in your profile
Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Yes, they’re there, in the old account on the old instance, and not here, where the new account on the new instance is.
That is entirely not the point. (Also: messaging on Lemy and instant messaging have nothing in common and should not be confused.)
Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Why does it matter? Lemmy has no karma. You can keep your “reputation” bye’ using the same name and picture. You can search them using the usual search feature focused on that account.
Genuinely asking, I changed accounts a lot in the past and never encountered any issue
Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
I honestly give a steaming pile of bullcrap about stupid random internet points.
I want my data with me (i.e. available in the accoutn I mainly use) and not on some other account I don’t use anymore.