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UI Idea for one-click Lemmy account migration
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this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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I’m not convinced that this is a problem that needs to be solved. The value of the federation is that your data is fleeting and not guaranteed. I’m not sure why anyone in the federation needs to guarantee the existence of your data long term.
Because people form attachments to their accounts, and allowing them to keep their info can promote federation (encourage people to use other instances, especially since most people start off on one of the big instances).
I get what you're saying, but I think there is a practical purpose for allowing migration. That being said, I think working on the UI before thinking about how migration would work in practice might be putting the cart before the horse
Oh idk, maybe people actually like to use online services without interruptions? I've already had to recreate my lemmy account twice! (vlemmy.net and lemmy.fmhy.ml both went down)