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What is one thing you wish was on the Fediverse? (break3.social)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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What is one thing you wish was on the Fediverse?@asklemmy@lemmy.world #Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #AskFedi #AskMastodon #Question

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (5 children)

username changing

It is technically possible, it is just extremely difficult, you'll need an admin to do it for you (many won't know how, and many will be unwilling), and it will 100% cause problems down the line. I wish it wasn't too, though, I usually change my online name every few years, and having to restart is a little annoying.

Account migration

It's possible on most fedi platforms, seems Lemmy doesn't offer it though. Not surprising, given it's not really the same kind of platform as the broader fediverse is.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    You are following topics here, not users. Your username is not really imporant, as you can't have followers (but you can follow lemmy users in other platforms, but it's just the side effect of fedration)

    Most other fedi platforms are built around following users

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago* (1 child)

    you'll need an admin to do it for you (many won't know how, and many will be unwilling)

    It's 202fuckin6 , should be beyond possible for username changes on user level , fact AP platforms do them this way in current year's archaic . Some technical limitation ? Oar just nobody figured out how to implement it yet ?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Afaik it's a limit of how the protocol works. (This is speculation) They tie your whole account to your username, instead of some back end identifier, so it's not as easy as making account number 7826457(at)domain.com present as a different name, it would have to change the whole account, and copy all of the information over, and then delete the old account

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