I joined mastodon.xyz a few years ago and never had any problems. Then today I tried to sign on and couldn’t. The server simply isn’t reachable. I can (and have) created a new instanceuaccount on a new server, but losing all my data has me concerned. What should I do with my new account so I don’t lose everything if this instance also disappears someday?
Lemmy definitely needs to have an account migration feature. I’m sure the developers already realize this, but it’s just a matter of time and effort to create it (like everything else). Hopefully we will see something come out in the not too distant future.
Yeah hopefully we get some decentralized user account service based on IPFS or something. My biggest fear always with online stuff is that someone is just gonna pull the plug and I’ll never see my account and its data again. I hope we get to a point where I don’t have an account on Beehaw or whatever instance, but I have an account in my personal account space that I allow to connect to an instance.