username changing . Back wen had mastodon account (we don’t talk about that !) , didn’t see option to change it any where , so assumed wasn’t possible technicly
Account migration . Unhappy with lemmy.word’s administration , would like to migrate (post|comment) history to another instance (preferably mbin one if one I like eventually shows up + gꚙd mobile client)
It is technically possible, it is just extremely difficult, you’ll need an admin to do it for you (many won’t know how, and many will be unwilling), and it will 100% cause problems down the line. I wish it wasn’t too, though, I usually change my online name every few years, and having to restart is a little annoying.
Account migration
It’s possible on most fedi platforms, seems Lemmy doesn’t offer it though. Not surprising, given it’s not really the same kind of platform as the broader fediverse is.
You are following topics here, not users. Your username is not really imporant, as you can’t have followers (but you can follow lemmy users in other platforms, but it’s just the side effect of fedration)
Most other fedi platforms are built around following users
you’ll need an admin to do it for
you (many won’t know how, and many will be unwilling)
It’s 202fuckin6 , should be beyond possible for username changes on user level , fact AP platforms do them this way in current year’s archaic . Some technical limitation ? Oar just nobody figured out how to implement it yet ?
As far’s AP fediverse ?
(we don’t talk about that !), didn’t see option to change it any where , so assumed wasn’t possible techniclyI feel like a bunch of trolls would abuse account migration tools by instance hopping before they get banned.
If their posts are deleted I don’t see this being any worse than the same troll just making two different accounts
I thought the point of migrating an account here would be to automatically migrate the post history too.
Yeah but wouldn’t a removed post not show in the history anyway? Genuine question, I don’t post a lot and haven’t had any removed lol
I suppose I mean they’d account hop before they got caught and their posts removed.
Also, plenty of instances would like to restrict it. Ie I doubt lemmy.blahaj would really appreciate lemmy.world accounts hopping over.
It is technically possible, it is just extremely difficult, you’ll need an admin to do it for you (many won’t know how, and many will be unwilling), and it will 100% cause problems down the line. I wish it wasn’t too, though, I usually change my online name every few years, and having to restart is a little annoying.
It’s possible on most fedi platforms, seems Lemmy doesn’t offer it though. Not surprising, given it’s not really the same kind of platform as the broader fediverse is.
Why is that? (I’m a noob please explain)
You are following topics here, not users. Your username is not really imporant, as you can’t have followers (but you can follow lemmy users in other platforms, but it’s just the side effect of fedration)
Most other fedi platforms are built around following users
It’s 202fuckin6 , should be beyond possible for username changes on user level , fact AP platforms do them this way in current year’s archaic . Some technical limitation ? Oar just nobody figured out how to implement it yet ?