• durd_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d move to a closer instance, if I new they were in it for the long run and not shut down when they get bored after a few months. What happens if the instance I’m registered to decides to shut down?

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      1 year ago

      I have to agree here. I went through this same issue with Mastodon when I joined a smaller instance “mastodon.lol”. It shut down without any apparent notice to me (using a third-party app). I had to start from scratch and mastodon even has an account migration feature.

      I can’t in good conscience tell a less technical friend “oh go use a smaller instance” when that means they can come across a dead-looking thread or community (that just hasn’t been federated to them yet) or suddenly lose their account when their instance disappears with little to no notice.

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        1 year ago

        I’m starting to realize that it’s only the links that are decentralized and not, what I’d hoped for but was maybe obvious, my data/account.

        I’ve asked over at [email protected] if anyone can register any nickname on any instance - essentially spoofing a user but on a different instance. Or if a username is “taken” across the fediverse.

        Edit: anyone can register any ones username on a different instance. Spoofing/scamming isn’t handled very good?
        Edit2: post and comment data is federated too, so your posts won’t dissappear, but might dis-converge(?) into multiple versions depending on things? :) This post helped me understand some of it: https://lemmy.world/comment/205763