I should have picked pawb.social
Just make a new account and put the link to it in the bio of the other account. I did that ages ago and it was worth it
Nope, accounts exist on instances.
But you can export your settings and import them to a new account, so you keep all your subscriptions, blocks and other settings.
Can someone eli5 me the reason why you would need/want an account in a different instance? I still don’t really fully understand the fediverse stuff, but am trying to.
Most common reason is you don’t like how the server you’re on is run, or it doesn’t fit your hobbies well.
I guess I’m not aware enough to even know how the server I’m on is run. From my understanding, you could see pretty much any community regardless of instance from whatever instance you happen to be on?
If you click “Instances” in the page footer and then switch to the tab “Blocked Instances”, you’ll find which instances your server has blocked, you can’t see any posts or comments by users or in communities on instances on that list.
You may be satisfied with that practice or might not, the point is that the fediverse enables you to choose.
Sometimes the instance you are on will block communities or other instances that you may still want to be able to view/browse… in those cases your only solution is to create a new Lemmy account at a different instance that does not block those things.
For example you’re on lemmy.world so all your blocked instances are listed at https://lemmy.world/instances
In addition lemmy.world admins also block entire communities e.g. blocking all piracy related communities is a big one there https://lemmy.world/post/13320356
Thanks. It doesn’t look like there are any blocked instances on lemmy.world. Is there a similar list of blocked communities?
To view blocked instances if you’re browsing Lemmy on the desktop website go to https://lemmy.world/instances and click the “Blocked Instances” tab.
Unfortunately there no standard way to view blocked communities, I’m not sure if lemmy.world admins maintain a list somewhere.
I’ll add that the blocked stuff is good/bad depending on your point of view. e.g. some instances (including lemmy.world) participate in Fediseer which helps determine spammy intances to potentially block and keep spam out. That sort of blocking is okay, the other types of blocking I’m not too onboard with but that’s just IMO.
PS - If you’re just starting out probably best not to overthink it too much :) As you get more comfortable browsing the Fediverse you can decide later on if you want to set yourself up on another instance.
You also might want one for NSFW to keep that separate
.world has had some moderation issues of late. Also, they defederated with instances they consider tankies. You think a tankie can’t offer good advice when I have an AskLemmy question? Think a tankie can’t offer insight troubleshooting a tech issue? I want all the voices.
troubleshooting a tech issue
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Turn it off
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Shed the yolk of capitalism that weighs upon the working class, like they do in China.
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Turn it back on
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What’s the benefit to pawn.social?
I picked lemm.me and it seems fine.
Some servers have a particular focus. Pawb.social is a furry server. Generally doesn’t matter too much which server you use as long as it’s not blocked from another server where there are communities you like. You can check the /instances page to see which servers/communities are blocked by a server.
Also if you want to mod then usually best to have your acct on that community’s server. Less headaches with modreports.
It can be hard to find content if your home server doesn’t interact with it enough.
