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Is there any hope? Or is it inevitable that big corporations will take over what started as a way to escape big corporate platforms and to focus on real communities and discussions and replace it with a toxic shithole pumped full of ads?

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[-] unconsciousvoidling@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

let's say the instance i belong too has been bought out by zuckerberg... can i transfer my data and move? or do i just lose everything like i did with reddit?

[-] Pika@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

currently you lose everything. I'm hoping they add a transfer tool like how masodon(i think it was that) has with transferring accounts

[-] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

That will be a great idea!

[-] excel@lemmy.megumin.org 9 points 1 year ago

Transferring is theoretically technically possible (Mastodon does it), but Lemmy hasn't implemented the option yet. There's an issue for it on their GitHub.

[-] jalda@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why would Facebook bother buying out existing instances? They have the resources to create thousands of instances, and the userbase (the idea is to migrate all Instagram accounts) to populate them.

Not to mention that they're creating a Twitter/Mastodon clone, not a Reddit/Lemmy one.

[-] fidodo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think so, but the fediverse is an open standard that's being actively developed, so if it's technically possible it could be added.

That said, this kind of social network account has zero lock in for me. I don't care about my history and none of this is connected to my real life so I wouldn't mind switching instances. The important thing is you can still access the rest of the network after you switch.

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