• charrondev@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I have to agree here. I went through this same issue with Mastodon when I joined a smaller instance “mastodon.lol”. It shut down without any apparent notice to me (using a third-party app). I had to start from scratch and mastodon even has an account migration feature.

    I can’t in good conscience tell a less technical friend “oh go use a smaller instance” when that means they can come across a dead-looking thread or community (that just hasn’t been federated to them yet) or suddenly lose their account when their instance disappears with little to no notice.

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      1 year ago

      I’m starting to realize that it’s only the links that are decentralized and not, what I’d hoped for but was maybe obvious, my data/account.

      I’ve asked over at [email protected] if anyone can register any nickname on any instance - essentially spoofing a user but on a different instance. Or if a username is “taken” across the fediverse.

      Edit: anyone can register any ones username on a different instance. Spoofing/scamming isn’t handled very good?
      Edit2: post and comment data is federated too, so your posts won’t dissappear, but might dis-converge(?) into multiple versions depending on things? :) This post helped me understand some of it: https://lemmy.world/comment/205763

      • cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I had a weird bug where someone had the same user name as me and was posting a bunch of stuff, mostly in star trek subs. It only happened on mobile. At first I thought my account was stolen but I was able to log in on pc. I wonder if I had accidentally logged in as someone with the same name on another instance.