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Is it relevant on which instance I have registered my account? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hi all,

I am pretty new to lemmy and was wondering if it makes a difference where I register my account. On lemmy.ml the name „Green“ (this account) was available and on Lemmy.world „Green“ is not available anymore.

As far I understand Lemmy, it doesn’t matter, but I would be happy if someone could confirm or explain it to me. Kind regards.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, it doesn't matter. In fact the username itself doesn't matter because you can set whatever display name you want anyway.

But basically it's like email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected] are two different addresses on two different servers and they talk to eachother just fine.

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

The only exception is if one of the two servers has chosen not to federate with the other. In that case, you would want one on each account. However, that's pretty rare as of right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The other exception is performance. If you register on a very overloaded server, or one that has insufficient resources, you're going to have a bad time.

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

Oh great. Thank you very much!