You really don't need an account on every Lemmy server. If you just pick one that meets your needed values, you can access all the other federated Lemmy content on other instances.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Thank you! I literally just read that on the getting started post. However, what if someone else creates the same username as me on another instance?
The only reason I can think of to maybe do this is to have an SFW identity and an NSFW identity, and then you would just have your SFW on an instance that blocks NSFW, and your NSFW on an instance that does not.
Your identity is tied to your instance for example I am @bwok_bwok@lemmy.world and anyone who interacts with me from another instance can see that. And if someone chooses the same name at another instance they are a different identity, and the two don't really cross-pollinate, just make sure to include your instance with your username whenever you share it.
I see. Thanks for the insight.
Another reason is not knowing which instance was going to catch on fire today ๐ฅ. You can only post from your own instance, so being able to switch - at least now in the early days - is a nice perk
Another thing I noticed is that some communities are duplicated on different instances but not with the same users and content.
Yeah this was my thought as well. Seemed like a good move until instances are able to scale and support the increase in traffic.
I haven't seen this, but I have seen a different post show up than the one I clicked on. It was very not safe for work so that's not great.
Yeah. One thing I'm not really liking about Lemmy so far is the NSFW posts/avatars. The blur isn't blurry enough in the images and you can see what's behind it, and the avatars are a free-for-all. Not great if your kid if peaking at your screen while you scroll.
I see this now on feddit.uk but permanently displaying the wrong name not just for a few seconds.
Sounds to me like the server had their caching misconfigured, resulting in a personalised page being put in a public cache. Normally only static resources such as images and static webpages would be put in a public cache.
Currently I don't think there's any private information that could be leaked this way in lemmy, but it might be wise to notify the instance admins about this.
I wonder if it's the same problem I was having yesterday when I opened a bunch of communities in tabs and subscribed to them, and some of the tabs showed the wrong info in the box. (probably also caching)
Will do. Thanks.