I thought one of the advantages of the Fediverse was to have one account but access to many services. Is this possible just not common? I already have a Lemmy account and Mastodon and I didn’t want to start making more just to try out the other services.
i use mbin specifically so i can do both with one account. i can follow (and be followed) and post to mastodon as well as interact with all of lemmy.
lemmy doesnt allow following at all.
shoutout https://moist.catsweat.com
Every time I see that URL, I wince
Its like pineapple on pizza… people either love it or hate it. there is no in between
Same here. It still has the limitation of being instance-based though, so if you decide to move to another server or our existing instance shuts down, you can’t take your account stuff with you (like when I had to move from Kbin and “lost” the first few months). Which may never be possible given the design of federation. I recall the question came up pretty early when people were concerned about picking the “right” instance without any knowledge of anything, and some were throwing around ideas of a way to pass along user history from one account to another…but I don’t know the state of that.
What? If it goes down here you also lose everything.
Exactly my point, you’re tied to a specific server for your account regardless. There’s no shared federated user info that can be recovered if that happens. One solution is to make your own instance where your account lives, and then it’s just up to you to make sure it doesn’t get lost in a crash without a backup. But that’s more complex than the average user is willing to take on.