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  • MolochHorridus@lemmy.ml
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    5 hours ago

    So now I need to find out how to switch instances and what I’ll loose by doing so.

    Great. Just what I wanted after leaving big tech social media.

    • PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 hours ago

      Lots of random unaffiliated people end up on .ml and it’s not as serious as you’re worrying.

      If you want to switch, “switching” is mostly a matter of creating an account on that one and just using that, as far as I understand it.

      But I’m pretty sure Lemmy has an account settings feature that lets you export and re-import things like community subscriptions, etc.

      Try not to get frustrated, it only feels this way at first. Congrats on leaving the corporate hellscape.

      • MolochHorridus@lemmy.ml
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        1 hour ago

        I have plenty of posts saved for later reading, just like I had in Reddit. Just recently I managed to open all of those, gather links and delete my account. It feels really frustrating possibly having to do that again and knowing I might have to do it yet again in the future if my next chosen instance turns into a something scummy. Really puts a rather sour note on the whole federated thing.

        • PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          50 minutes ago

          I understand the fatigue but would encourage you to see federation differently. Thanks to federation, if that happens, you can pick up and move (again using the export tool…) and still use basically the same familiar service, interact with many of the same communities and user bases, etc.

          Change and enshittification are inevitable. Without federation you get poor tools for exporting and end up having to cast off in search of new platforms entirely.

          If you stick around, you won’t be hopping instances as often as you might think. And having the freedom to do so without completely turning your back on a whole platform and its communities user bases, etc. - it’s just super valuable.

    • moonshadow@slrpnk.net
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      5 hours ago

      You’re fine man. Think someone assuming you’re old because you use yahoo for email, not getting jumped for wearing the wrong gang colours

      It’s also really easy to make a new account if somewhere seems cool enough that you want to