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How hard/easy is it to switch servers and retain @accountname references (i.e. your username)? When faced with a big list of servers to choose between, my hesi
by akumpf 11y ago
How hard/easy is it to switch servers and retain @accountname references (i.e. your username)?
When faced with a big list of servers to choose between, my hesitation is that I'll pick one now and realize later that another one is better. For example, I may someday want to host GNU social myself, but if I do so will I essentially be starting over (even if I can retain my data, will my connections still retain a relationship to the new server?).
A nice little diagram and/or technical details page would be much appreciated :)
- yarrel 11y agoAs with any other service it depends whether your username has already been taken or not.
- akumpf 11y agoI ask because this is a major hurdle with the Diaspora* model, in my opinion. I just created two accounts with the same username on different servers to test, and the fact that I could do that bummed me out a bit... It's great that my data can be free, but if my account is tied to a specific host and I must make a separate, unique account with another host later then I'm still substantially locked in. Essentially, switching accounts likely means all my social connections will have out-of-date contact info, urls, etc. when I switch. If, however, my user ID is global across the distributed network and there is a way to gracefully transfer my account/data/info to another server seamlessly (without my social connections even knowing/caring about it) then I think distributed social networks like GNU Social could be a game changer.
- ApplaudPumice 11y agoIt's possible with hubzilla.io you can also have your account data on two different servers for redundancy.