I think a system like that would be perfectly fine here too. You don’t really need to bring all your posts over to a new profile, they’ll still be there and accessible on your old one if you need them.
Unless the old instance goes offline forever. Your posts and comments would still exist on remote instances, but the user profile they point to is no longer accessible.
Yes, copying subscriptions is probably the most important step, but ultimately I hope to see the ability to move everything, including history and notifications to old stuff.
you will likely need to work on it yourself, or find someone who can.
This is the feature in question:
Moving user profile to a new instance #1985: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1985
I’m wondering if a DIY middle ground can be reached with the API and some scripting
There is a script somewhere which allows people to export/import their subscriptions. It did not work for me, hence I did not save it. But in theory, workarounds should be possible.
You won’t be able to move your posts, but you could link to your old profile in your bio.
You can already do that, or do I get you wrong? Probably does not help when your old instance ceases to exist.
A wishlist for two categories, in each sorted from very important to less important:
Technical:
- Open all links relative to my home instance (I want to stay logged in)
- Make community discovery easier and consistent. One method, which always works.
- Move account to another instance, complete with subscriptions and notifications when older comments receive replies
- Clarity: I’m often confused in which community a post lives, or where it originated. Or what a user’s home instance is. It is fine to display relative information (Post X from instance Y as seen from instance Z), if clearly less emphasized
- Indicate who can see a post or comment. From what instances is that content visible?
- Display the same community stats regardless from which subscribed instance they are viewed (subscriber count varies wildly)
View:
- Allow to hide selected posts
- Expand and collapse images in threads
- Lock my feed: Please don’t add posts to the top while I’m browsing the thumbnails at the bottom
- Display post/comment live preview below input field, so I can see the preview while editing. Currently I must switch view.
- Search within a community (without leaving the community page)
- Customize your feed: Control how much of each community is displayed (I want posts from some small communities to always show, and posts from others to only show rarely, or only those with votes/comments)
This was meant with the web/browser in mind. I expect apps and clients to work similarly, unless a characteristic necessitates exceptions (screen size, touch, …).
Identity, personality, soul … I feel these terms are somewhat synonymous, if we exclude the spiritual connation, which I’d like to.
Not sure what that means or wether that question makes sense. As I see it, all the above mentioned synonyms emerge from the brain doing it’s thing. A human brain working under normal condition creates a ‘you perceive the flow’.