Maybe there needs to be a way to set up regular auto-backups to your local machine (or regular prompts for manual backup), then import history into your new accounts on other servers.
Edit: also there should be a way to change which instance is your “local” for the homepage, irrespective of which one you actually log in to.
It all went downhill after the Digg exodus, for me. But even then there were small safe haven subreddits, until those started to disappear too.
I’m pretty sure I heard about lemmy before, and I was interested, but there just wasn’t enough activity to sustain my interest for more then a minute. Now I’ve come here from reddit, there’s a lot more activity, and I feel like contributing is worth more than on reddit, like maybe we can build something good.
Also reddit is just an obnoxious rage machine. I’ve kept deleting my 3rd party app and then reinstalling, unable to finally quit. But swithing to this seems easier than fully quitting social media altogether. I hope, anyways.
Long press on the empty space to the right of the username.
How were you supposed to know this? Magic, clearly. 🙃