Possibly linux to [email protected]English • 2 years agoLet's spread out lemmys userbase so that a single instance can't take out large chunks of the networklemmy.zipimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1355
arrow-up1344imageLet's spread out lemmys userbase so that a single instance can't take out large chunks of the networklemmy.zipPossibly linux to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoWhen I created my account I had absolutely no idea what federated meant (I’m still not sure I really get it) so I just made an account on Lemmy World. But is it possible to change an account to another instance and keep the mod status on the communities I have on Lemmy World?
minus-squarestebolinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agono, but as a mod I suppose you can simply make your new account a mod as well
minus-squarePossibly linuxOPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoI personally just privated my communities and left a link to a new community on a different instance.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years ago (I’m still not sure I really get it) It’s like email. With email, if you have a @gmail.com address you can communicate with @hotmail.com addresses. Well, with lemmy/mastodon/whatever they work the same way. Users don’t have to all be on the same server to interact with each other.
When I created my account I had absolutely no idea what federated meant (I’m still not sure I really get it) so I just made an account on Lemmy World.
But is it possible to change an account to another instance and keep the mod status on the communities I have on Lemmy World?
no, but as a mod I suppose you can simply make your new account a mod as well
I personally just privated my communities and left a link to a new community on a different instance.
It’s like email. With email, if you have a @gmail.com address you can communicate with @hotmail.com addresses.
Well, with lemmy/mastodon/whatever they work the same way. Users don’t have to all be on the same server to interact with each other.