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Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoit’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
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.