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“This is the single thing stopping me from using Lemmy” (said in the bug thread over the lack of data portabilty) (github.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/Fediverse@infosec.pub
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Strangely, data portability is very low priority.

There really should be some server support for this -- but OTOH it’s not paramount. Theoretically, anyone could write a client app that harvests all of a user’s posts and comments into a local DB, and then recreate threads (not comments) in a corresponding community. It would have to add some metadata about the date of the original post. Not great, but could be done.

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[–] 7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

yall aren't deleting your accounts and making new ones every year or two?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 5 months ago* (3 children)

    Perhaps I should be. But that would only increase the need for a backup app. In fact, a backup app would encourage me to have shorter lived accounts because maintaining an account would no longer be a precondition to accessing my past content. From there, using upload functionality would be optional.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    A backup for what exactly?

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