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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So what's the point? enshitification will inevitably hit them as well and then people will have to migrate again and again

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love the fediverse, but it hasn't fully solved the migration need problem. If I open an account on an instance which I later discover I don't like, I have to migrate for that as well.

The point as I see it is just limited to who do I want to follow, and what platforms can I use to do so? If bluesky turns to shit in a decade, but I get value out of it for that decade, maybe that's enough for my needs.

(FWIW, I am not on bluesky)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But at least the user content doesn't disappear into a black hole. Like what happened to parts of reddit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I may be missing the reference here?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I open an account on an instance which I later discover I don’t like, I have to migrate for that as well.

For Mastodon there's a feature for transferring your account from one server to another, with its history, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh cool, is there anything similar for lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I haven't had to search it for lemmy, so I honestly don't know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It's certainly possible. I'm giving it a shot. I prefer federated systems, as I said, I also have Mastodon