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Can I delete an account from "X" instance and re-create it with the same username? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by kratoz29@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This question comes to me because since we cannot hop through instances (AKA transfer from one instance to another your account) I'd like to create an account into another instance, for research purposes, but if this 'feature' comes in a near future I'd love to bring my main account to said instance, preferably with the same username and if I have it "mirrored" (same username) I think that'd make it impossible.

From my understanding it should be possible, I think that's the case with many communities/sites, but I'm not sure here.

I hope I'm being clear.

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[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

While this is absolutely true, the more accurate analogy is with email.

Bob@gmail.com and Bob@yahoo.com can still communicate, send emails to eachother, etc. Even if it's the same person operating the keyboard. Separate platforms, common protocol.

[–] bjwest@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I think an even more accurate analogy, but one that very few people these days will understand, is that Lemmy is like the connected BBS's of the late 80s and early 90s where each BBS had message boards, and users could communicate between each other. It was quite slow, being modem based, and usually only a nightly schedule for connecting, but it did work quite well.