How do I move my account to another instance? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by FrostyDog@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm still quite lost when it comes to the fediverse. I created an account on the main instance, however as I understood more how it works, it seems like certain instances that interest me are "defederated" from this instance, and vice versa. So now I want to move my account to be able to see those instances, however I want to keep my follows and my posts I have on this instance. Is that possible? I read that fediverse is resistant to censorship in this regard, so there must be something I'm missing here.

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago

I'm not sure instance hopping is available yet, but you can always just sign up for the instance you want. However, Lemmy.world is not the "main" instance, Lemmy.ml is. Lemmy.world is the largest instance, which can cause confusion, but it definitely takes an active stance against Marxists and even Anarchists, which is why it is defederated from some of the major leftist instances.

Which instance are you trying to join? Which defederated ones from Lemmy.world do you want to see?

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

As far as we’re concerned there is no “main” instance, we don’t want there to be one, and we explicitly state that lemmy.ml is not that. What is lemmy.ml?

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

Thanks for that, didn't know! I was unaware that there was an official stance on the matter, though even nutomic makes the point that it's easy to conflate "flagship instance" with "main instance."

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago

The core Lemmy devs admin this instance and use it as a guinea pig for new software releases, but otherwise it’s not special.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Gotcha.

[-] FrostyDog@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I think it was lemmy.dbzer0 (?) something along those lines. However when I use the tool to see defederated instances this one doesn't show up, however I can't find it when I search for it either.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

You can see lemmy.dbzer0 from Lemmy.world I believe.

[-] FrostyDog@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

All I get when I search that instance is Mullvad VPN. Can an admins also block specific communities within an allowed instance?

[-] Majestic@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

They can block specific communities.

Previously there was this whole thing over lemmy world admins banning their piracy community so I would not be surprised if they were blocking certain dbzero communities as well out of their extremely cautious and risk averse nature.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

They can, yes, but I am not sure if that's your issue.

Either way, joining dbzer0 should fix your problem.

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