sure you can just make a new one, but all of your old posts and comments won’t show up. Not to mention your DMs too

it seems kinda counterproductive to the goal of lemmy being federation where you can just move to another instance if yours gets bought by Elon or an admin goes corrupt, but it’s not made simple to do that.

I’ve seen many people be on lemmy.ml that would switch but they’ve been using it since the start of lemmy and they don’t wanna restart

I know mastodon has a little “hey this user has moved to @user@newinstance” popup but that’s not really that elegant either

    • sun_is_ra@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      181·
      21 hours ago

      If you create a new account you always start fresh regardless.

      OP is asking why there is no mechanism for migrating an account available for those who need this feature.

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
        7·
        17 hours ago

        The current mechanism is linking the accounts to each other, which is “good enough” that there’s not a pressing need for actual migration, especially since it’s a feature more users will never need.

      • Iconoclast@feddit.uk
        41·
        21 hours ago

        If you create a new account you always start fresh regardless.

        Settings, subscribtions and blocklists can be transferred to new account.

          • anothermember@feddit.ukEnglish
            2·
            15 hours ago

            But you don’t have to delete the old account, it’s still there. It’s just like having a new email address, only easier in many ways.

            • Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              5 hours ago

              That’s true, but I can kinda understand wanting to keep everything in one Main account. Makes finding stuff you saved or said easier to find.