Is it possible to switch instances without making a new account?

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• vvilld@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Can someone eli5 me the reason why you would need/want an account in a different instance? I still don’t really fully understand the fediverse stuff, but am trying to.

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s a variety of reasons.

    1. instances are communities, some more loose than others
    2. some instances have themes. lemmy.world is general, aussie.zone welcomes anyone but it’s mostly Australians or friends there-of. Having a user name/address like vvilld@aussie.zone says something about you.
    3. some instances have ideological alignments, lemmy.ml are tankies
    4. some instances de-federate from others, like hexbear is not federated by some / many instances.
    5. the “local” feed can be like a set of subscriptions or curated content. slrpnk.net is the best example I can think of for this, mostly environmentally conscious tech, and renewables, et cetera.
    6. some admins turn out to be idiots. In the early days there was some support from admins of specific / niche instances for bots re-posting content from reddit.
    7. there’s no good reason not to have multiple accounts. In my own case I change instances regularly. IDK why exactly, I just actively avoid allowing my account to become some kind of extension of my identity.

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  • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most common reason is you don’t like how the server you’re on is run, or it doesn’t fit your hobbies well.

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    • vvilld@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I guess I’m not aware enough to even know how the server I’m on is run. From my understanding, you could see pretty much any community regardless of instance from whatever instance you happen to be on?

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  • Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sometimes the instance you are on will block communities or other instances that you may still want to be able to see/browse.

    For example you’re on lemmy.world so all your blocked instances are listed at lemmy.world/instances

    In addition lemmy.world admins also block entire communities e.g. blocking all piracy related communities is a big one there lemmy.world/post/13320356

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    • vvilld@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thanks. It doesn’t look like there are any blocked instances on lemmy.world. Is there a similar list of blocked communities?

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  • WhiteRabbit@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You also might want one for NSFW to keep that separate

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    .world has had some moderation issues of late. Also, they defederated with instances they consider tankies. You think a tankie can’t offer good advice when I have an AskLemmy question? Think a tankie can’t offer insight troubleshooting a tech issue? I want all the voices.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      troubleshooting a tech issue

      1. Turn it off

      2. Shed the yolk of capitalism that weighs upon the working class, like they do in China.

      3. Turn it back on

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• eatham@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just make a new account and put the link to it in the bio of the other account. I did that ages ago and it was worth it

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• jackalope@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sadly there isn’t which is a problem. ATPro has portable identity, activitypub does not.

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• Aequitas38472@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What’s the benefit to pawn.social?

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  • nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some servers have a particular focus. Pawb.social is a furry community. Generally doesn’t matter too much which server you use as long as it’s not blocked from another server where there are communities you like. You can check the /instances page to see which servers/communities are blocked by a server.

    Also if you want to mod then usually best to have your acct on that community’s server. Less headaches with modreports.

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    • MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It can be hard to find content if your home server doesn’t interact with it enough.

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nope. Export your subs and such, import it to your new account.

  Copy/paste any comments you want to archive, and that’s the best you can do

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