submitted 2 years ago by favrion@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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Why do the instances keep going down? It makes me think that this is not a reliable social network, but the alternatives are not as good.

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[-] delendum@lemdit.com 14 points 2 years ago

That's entirely up to you, it can be the same username if you want. Speaking as an instance admin, there is no problem with users creating multiple accounts across instances, even if they're the same username.

Spam would be creating as many usernames as you can on any given instance (e.g. trying to register 100 users on lemmy.world because reasons) - there's obviously a problem with that. Creating you@instance1, you@instance2 and you@instanceN is perfectly fine.

[-] favrion@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago

I thought that you had to have the same username to identify yourself.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Not at all. You don't have to identify as yourself on every instance you have an account. It's literally a different account. You can keep a backup of all your subscriptions/follows/etc from one to the other or you can treat them as two entirely different identities. Just don't have them generate a lot of pointless traffic between each other (like arguing with yourself on a post or something).

[-] favrion@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago

Wouldn't it be easier to be the same person across all of the communities and instances rather than split your personality?

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago

It would be easier but would remove anonymity and allow user tracking.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Depends on the person. The point is, it's entirely up to you. And keep in mind you're not guaranteed to get the same name on every instance you create an account.

[-] favrion@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

I would add a sequential number like 0 or 1.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Ok? I honestly can't tell if you get the point yet or not though.

[-] favrion@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I do, but I disagree with the premise.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

What premise? It's not a philosophy. It's an outright technical observation. You can do whatever you want. I didn't say you have to like it. What is there to disagree with? You can say the idea isn't for you, but it's still correct.

[-] favrion@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

If I can choose to not believe in its viability then it's a philosophy.

[-] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

That's fucking stupid. I'm done here. Someone in the thread even already posted their two different account names. I guess you think that's just an illusion. Fucking idiot.