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Manually search for the username you're trying to register. Verify that the name is unused before registering.
There's plenty of user facing error messages that don't yet exist. I've heard this one of them. Lemmy is alpha software at this point. There's a lot of work yet to be done.
@Hildegarde Hmmm, that's interesting. I've never come across someone using this same username, but I do suppose it's possible.
The issue is that it's saying that my email address already exists in the system, not necessarily the username itself.
It sounds like I'm going to be looking into other instances though, so hopefully it'll all be moot soon!
Thanks for replying, and I'll definitely do a search for the username out there!
Did you check your junk mail folder?
@MrJukes It never got far enough to suggest checking for email verification, unfortunately. It just kept trying to send it through to no avail.
I'll keep an eye out for wayward emails though. Thanks!
Which lemmy site? Lemmy.ml is closed for registration as far as I know.
@_spiffy I was trying on lemmy.world, which I'm guessing is full. Any ideas for alternatives?
Thanks for the help!
Hmm I'm a new user and signed up through there yesterday
There's hundreds of different Lemmy instances. On which one did you try to sign up? Lemmy.world?
@Wander Yeah, lemmy.world. I'm still very new to the fediverse / haven't played with it much, so I'm still finding all these lovely, obvious pitfalls.
Any suggestions for alternatives to lemmy.world?
Thanks for replying!
Which instance??
@Chais lemmy.world. As I can see from everyone, that seems to be the culprit. Any suggestions for alternatives?
Thanks!
Which instance of Lemmy did you try? You might try another instance.
@nocturne213 I was trying to sign in on lemmy.world, but based on you and the other comments, I should try a different instance. Any suggestions for alternatives?
Thanks for responding!