User accounts are fragmented and just because you signed on at lemmy.world doesn’t mean your account exists on lemmy.ca.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1985

Communities are fragmented and /c/games on lemmy.world is completely different than the one on lemmy.ml with its own users, set of posts, etc.

Lemmy does not currently allow for instance or user migration.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3057

Nor does it allow for shared communities (ie the aforementioned /c/games is unified across multiple instances)

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3100

We are in the early days. If you’re eager feel free to join in the development on these any many other core issues. There’s real potential here.

  • @NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
    8•1 year ago

    As other commenters have mentioned, this is technically true but pretty misleading. This is viewing the fediverse through an inappropriate lens.

    Your account technically doesn’t exist on other instances but it effectively doesn’t matter.

    • @whoisearth@lemmy.ca
      OP
      1•1 year ago

      Devil’s advocate but what if someone registers whoisearth on another instance and starts spewing vitreol? I’m sure many people would be concerned about any online reputation they’ve built then get cut down simply because someone wants to be an asshole. How would that scenario play out? Genuinely curious.

      • jorgeEnglish
        8•1 year ago

        And what if someone registers whoisearth on Gmail, Outlook, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or PornHub? Have you registered your name on literally every social media ever existed? This isn’t a new problem, or one that is created by the concept of federation.

        • @whoisearth@lemmy.ca
          OPEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          As you are well aware you are giving examples of multiple different platforms not one single platform. Way to compare apples to oranges.

          And before you try, this is not multiple platforms. It’s multiple federated instances of the same platform.

          • 🇺🇦 Max UL
            1•1 year ago

            Federated services are like email. Just like your email address isn’t just “whoisearth” it needs the @gmail.com at the end to be the exact one to reach you, same as in Lemmy, it’s your name plus your instance that matters.

          • jorgeEnglish
            1•1 year ago

            And being different platforms means that your identity is safe?