Comment

Comment on Lemmy.one will be shutting down

I don’t disagree with the sentiments behind these statements, but you’re basically asking a fish to leave their large school to join a smaller school because it will benefit the species as a whole if the species is divided into multiple schools rather than one giant school. While it might be true that the species is safer that way, it’s much more dangerous for the individual fish to be in a smaller school than to stay in the large school.

In other words, it’s safer for the fediverse for users to diversify, but is safer for the individual to join a “too large to fail” instance. If a user’s instance goes belly up and they lose their account and everything associated with it, it’s functionally similar to the entirety of Lemmy going down as far as that individual user is concerned, because unless you’re a serial lurker (in which case it doesn’t even matter what instance you’re on if you’re not contributing) who wants to invest years in a social media site just to lose your account? Most folks are going to leave rather than start all over. And most folks are going to make the decision that is in their best interests over those of some website. I know every time I see another instance get shut down or defederated, I’m relieved I decided to sign up via .world, even if it’s sluggish at times.

source

Sort:hotnew top

can@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

who wants to invest years in a social media site just to lose your account? Most folks are going to leave rather than start all over.

It wouldn’t feel like fully starting over to me. Sure migrating communities I created would suck but at least they would be archived accross many instances.

I’m not attached to my account itself. I just like my admin team.

source
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

it’s much more dangerous for the individual fish to be in a smaller school than to stay in the large school.

LW run was running 0.19.3 for more than a year after the 0.19.4 and later releases, preventing the LW users of using the new Lemmy features.

is safer for the individual to join a “too large to fail” instance.

Agree, but if you filter lemmy.fediverse.observer/list by Active Users, and take any instance in the top 20, you’re as safe as on LW.

Lemmy.zip for instance provides monthly transparency reports on !home@lemmy.zip , such as this one: lemmy.zip/post/35411310

who wants to invest years in a social media site just to lose your account?

I’ve switched instances several times since June 2023. I keep the same username and profile pic, so people still recognize me, and I still recognize other users who switched instances, or even platforms (e.g. switching from Lemmy to Piefed).

I know every time I see another instance get shut down or defederated, I’m relieved I decided to sign up via .world, even if it’s sluggish at times.

You’ll see similar reactions of people not on LW every time LW takes a controversial decision: lemmy.world/post/24135976

source
- db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  One can make it also easier when switching profiles: They can just add a link to their new account. The profile info will be cached on other servers, even when the origin server goes down, providing a proof of the accounts validity. Of course lemmy could simply add a validation url similar to mastodon does and that would make this moot.
  
  source