• Silkscreen@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Move off of lemmy.world

    The big instances are overloaded and have major downtime issues

    • Sebasdotworld@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Can you explain me what would happen if I change from Lemmy.world? How easy is to migrate, how do I migrate, what instance to choose?

      • zarkony@lemmy.zip
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        1 year ago

        There really isn’t any way to ‘migrate’ right now. You can create accounts on as many instances as you like, but there isn’t a solution for carrying post and comment history over. You can start here: https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances

        Check a few out and find an instance you like that aligns with your views or where you agree with the moderation. Preferably a small to medium sized one that hasn’t been overloaded.

        • rhythmicotter@midwest.social
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          There actually are, they just aren’t built in functionality yet. Go to this github and scroll to the tools section. Notable ones for this purpose are lasim, lemmy_migrate, and lemmy_account_sync.

        • geolaw@lemmygrad.ml
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          1 year ago

          As Cory Doctorow describes, we need the “easy to migrate away” functionality to avoid enshittification

      • Hazard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        It’s basically just a different account. Use once of the mobile apps, it’ll make the experience was better. I’m using Liftoff from the IzzyOnDroid F-Droid repo and it’s a relatively smooth experience. I just don’t have much to do here yet since I was never a redditor myself.