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Thanks for the advice, mate. But, can I simply move to the other instances or I need to make a new account in that particular instance that I want to move?
youd have to make a new account. also there are other platforms that fully integrate with lemmy like mbin example: https://moist.catsweat.com that dont look like someone forgot half the css.
You can also use alternate UIs, or apps.
I run my own photon instance for use on desktop, but you can use the official one to use any lemmy account with the photon UI.
I discovered Alexandrite on desktop and it looks pretty damn good too. And it's pretty fast.
https://alexandrite.app/
Thanks for the response and assist, mate.
You will have to make a new account on the new instance.
Oh no! π
It will be just another addition to your collection of lemmy accounts.
Iβm still a little bit confused about your explanation. The instances are different account from one and another, right? Not like Reddit that we can follow the subreddit in a single account.
You can follow communities located on other instances, but cannot login using your account on another instance
Got it.
You'll need to sign up for a new account on the other instance. I'd recommend you persevere with getting a lemmy.world one and use that as your main one. Keep the one you've got in case of an lemmy.world outage.
Content is generally shared amongst the main instances so you'll generally be able to see the same stuff wherever you create an account. Most of the Lemmy apps have multi-account functionality so you can add both.
I would advise against lemmy world and .ml, .world is already way too big, the day they fail, all lemmy will collapse. Place like lemm.ee or sopuli or Blahaj, or Fedia if you prefer mbin are way nicer.
That said, .ml works good enough to discover lemmy, don't panic too much
Seconding this. I originally came from lemmy.world, but eventually mained on lemm.ee after some really bad downtime issues around July/August 2023.
I also keep accounts on other instances as a backup, but I sort of use them as separating different interests, like my lemmy.dbzer0 account is for the tech-related interests, while this one is the more general one. If ever I follow more anime-related communities, I might make one on an anime-centric instance.
I guess Iβll stick to .ml instance because itβs seem valuable, limited and rare compared to others.
The unfortunate reality is that nobody can tell you why lemmy.ml is a shitshow in this thread, because they will get banned for it. Just take that information as you will.
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Alright, I'll say it. It's because we're all Russian shills here
Also, depending on your interests, if you do make accounts on other servers, check our their population, location (for different language options) and uptime %.
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/list
Noted.