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Since it seems to be a common question for many new users.

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[-] eddanja@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

Think of instances (lemmy.world, kbin.social, sh.itjust.works, etc.) like planets. Each planet contains cities (or ~~subreddits~~ communities). Most of these planets are federated meaning that if you were born on one planet (have a login) then you can travel and participate the galaxy of cities and planets. If a planet defederates, then you can no longer travel there if you were not from there.

[-] MakeChaiNotWar@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Can you decide to change your "home" planet?

[-] formatc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

The best you can do right now is recreate it on another planet. Hopefully someday there will be a way to migrate (or a way to export/import).

[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sign up for a new account at a different instance. While you can transfer your account to another instance in Mastodon, you can't do it for Lemmy right now.

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