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For me it feels like breaking up with someone after many years. At the same time, I feel a bit dirty mentioning the name in the post title.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They kinda can't be a spez, by design. Just make sure you make backup accounts on all the other instances, and use them occasionally

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It'd be cool if lemmy implements features that'll help switching instances easier, like what mastodon did.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

At the very least, it's super simple to do in Jerboa if you have accounts on each.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

get to the github repo and chuck a comment in support of this with maybe some description of your use case and benefits too

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does one make a backup account on another instance?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean literally just register your account again. Maybe subscribe to the communities you like on each account if you have the time to, but if not just reserve your username on each and have them saved in your password manager and ready to go in case of a break-glass incident.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ahh, understood. I thought that you meant that there was some sort of built-in functionality to mirror your account on another instance.