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How has ur lemmy experience been so far? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it is to become a member of the community, theres a reasonable amount of subs (or whatever the other word for em is) that fit my interests, enough linux content and shitposting for my liking, and the overall random posts made by people equally fed up with Leddit. (also i admit i used reddit a little cus there was this post on the fedora sub showing how to fix a sound issue i been having after a recent update)

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[–] AmbientChaos@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When choosing a server isn't it also important to pick one you think will be around for a while? I'd hate to lose my history if my server went offline

[–] Lowbird@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe there needs to be a way to set up regular auto-backups to your local machine (or regular prompts for manual backup), then import history into your new accounts on other servers.

Edit: also there should be a way to change which instance is your "local" for the homepage, irrespective of which one you actually log in to.

[–] PorkrollPosadist@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Yes. My first Mastodon account was on a server which no longer exists. Unless you are hosting a personal instance, it takes commitment to keep one going, or to at least give your users adequate warning that it is shutting down.

[–] BurningnnTree@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Yes it's a meaningful decision, I'm just saying that prospective new users don't necessarily understand what the decision means or why they should make it. I'm not really sure how to solve this issue though, since it's part of a larger question of why should anyone pay to host a server to begin with. I mean currently nobody is incentivized to maintain a server that costs a significant amount of money, so why should anyone try to attract new users?