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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If an account is created on any specific server, like !Lemmy.world does that mean if the server does shut down, the account data is lost?

Also for username availability, could we create an account in a different server where the name is not used yet?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey @[email protected], do you have any input on this? (Thank you for lemmy.world btw 🙃)

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi! If a server shuts down, all accounts are gone. Same as with any Fediverse server.

For lemmy.world (as for mastodon.world) I make sure I have

backups in a remote datacenter
more than 1 admin
people with access to stuff like domain name/dns/hosting etc. just in case.. > this last is to be arranged but am working on it.
my promise that if I ever get tired of running the servers, I will look for good replacement admins.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Fantastic, thank you for taking the time to put our minds at ease!