Exacly, losing your post history is not nice
Comment on Instance freezing as an alternative to full shut down
lily33@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoIt provides an easy way to transfer your subscriptions to a new account, but that’s not exactly the same. For example, your posting history will be lost.
calavera@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
If you keep your username and avatar, people will still recognize you, I do that regularly every few months, so on the “persona” aspect people should be fine.
About the “archive” aspect, the content is still there, not sure how often people have to go back to their past posting history. Saving past important comments and posts from an old account is still an option.
veniasilente@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
If you keep your username and avatar,
No such guarantees. Usernames are not “copyrighted” across instances for very good reasons, and there is no cross verification of origin other than what you voluntarily provide on your own profile sig.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
When I open an alt, admins usually check out with me to see if it’s actually me.
Usernames are not “copyrighted” across instances for very good reasons
Try to open a “dessalines” or “jordanlund” account elsewhere, you’re probably going to get questioned about it.
other than what you voluntarily provide on your own profile sig.
Yes, that’s a way to link your accounts.
veniasilente@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Questioned yes, and for fair reason, but nothing technically or legally prevents it, also for good reason. Would you say for example that Jordan Lund has an automatic legal claim to the username “jordanlund” everywhere? How about Jordan B. Lund? Or Jordan S. Lund? Or Jörd Anlund? Don’t they have just as much “right” to that username, even if it is in a different instance?
ech@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
All of those comments and posts will remain on instances they have federated to. Transferring posting history would necessitate resubmitting every single post you’ve ever made, needlessly and messily duplicating one user’s presence across the fediverse. And in the case of a closing instance, that bulk is multiple several hundred or thousand times over. Not a reasonable request by any stretch.