I get an error because Debian is not playing along. And I know too little of Linux to investigate further, so I think I need to abandon and run away, while my server is still alive...

I want to try this, do I need to change the lemmy domain to my own instance url? (if this is a double comment, I tried it from my own instance, but can't see it on my alt. If someone can see this 2 times, I'm sorry.)

Yeah, I only see this comment when I'm actively putting the link of your comment in the search on my instance.

I saw your comment via my alt on lemmy.ml.

This looks like a serious issue!

That would solve a large part. If it would function as an actual alt, you could also “federate” the communities all the alts are following. That would make it so much easier if an instance would stop. One could just start using an alt as a main.

I had no idea it even had a name. I'm learning a lot these days! Thnx!

Agreed. But is it something we should be thinking about, or is the general feeling: "infamousbelgian, you are so badly overthinking right now..."

For me, this shows the power but also the downside of the fediverse setup. When I joined Lemmy, I picked lemmy.ml kinda random. I started building up my user (joining communities etc). My instance owner decides this, virtually limiting my account on an important thing. I understand why, that is not the case. But the thing is, I can’t easily move.

If I would be able to another instance, that would solve it. However, that is not possible.

I understand why it is this way. And this specific case is just a small inconvenience that I can work around.

However, the power of the instance admin is something that scares me a bit. What if the instance someone joined decides to disable/… more important things? You just loose your entire user?

thnx! were are u hosted?

Will ask there! I was wondering where to ask. Thnx!

I'm on Safari Mac. If that helps anyone...