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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Dee@lemmy.world to c/support@beehaw.org

[SOLVED] - Lemmy doesn't notify you if the username is taken and just hangs indefinitely if it is taken. Just an fyi to anybody else who's having issues signing up for a Lemmy instance.


Title says it all. I've tried multiple browsers, restarting, flushing dns and everything else I can think to troubleshoot this on my end. Whenever I try to sign up it just hangs infinitely on the page that I took a screenshot of, with the submit button spinning.

How can I join this side of lemmy? Lemmy.world is pretty good but I would like to be in an instance that is defederated from lemmygrad please lol

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[-] Dee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That's not me O_o

I guess somebody already took Dee on beehaw, I'll try again with another username but I didn't get any error that the username was taken already. Thank you for linking that, maybe it was that simple haha

[-] Lionir@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Ah yeah, Lemmy doesn't say when a username is taken..

Was that really the problem all along?

[-] Dee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It seems to have gone through now ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

That's a little frustrating (not your fault or any of the mods) I would really like to have that added to the roadmap for Lemmy in the future. The fun of alpha software lol

Thank you for taking the time to comment and help clear this up though. Is there an FAQ I missed that says there's no error for taken usernames?

[-] mifuyne@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

According to their Github issue tracker, they're aware and are working to fix it (based on the pull request)!

The lemmy software is still a bit rough. It can only get better though, we all just need a little patience (or to contribute if we're able) ๐Ÿ˜Š

[-] Dee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the additional info from the links! But yeah, definitely some kinks in the software but I'm really enjoying it and the community that's gathered here. I'll definitely be contributing more soon! ๐Ÿ˜„

[-] Lionir@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

It's been approved. Thank you for your patience.

[-] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Lionir@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Idk about that, I just want Lemmy/Fediverse to thrive so I'm gonna contribute content to make that happen ๐Ÿ˜„

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