"your account here can see that instance and that one too -- but it's buggy so sometimes it takes time to sync -- anyway you cannot see that one for that one you need a distinct account-- oh and if that instance decide to defederate then you'll need another account for there too".

I'm still into the Fediverse, it's just we still have things to figure out.

[–] Apoidea@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The good thing is I think most of these issues are a design issue that can be solved client side rather than fundamental flaws in the architecture.

For example, if you go to comment on a Beehaw thread and the app just showed some kind of prompt, e.g. "Sign-up to Beehaw or an instance federated with Beehaw to comment on this sublemmy" I think it would feel pretty straightforward.

All the confusion with how federation works is something a well designed app could explain to users as they explore. Obviously it will just take time for the platform to mature to this stage.

[–] saboteur@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

So much this. Defederation is a catastrophic issue for an average user in its current form, as the interactions fail totally silently.

Give us simple but informative warnings on reading threads, warnings when trying to post, warnings when trying to subscribe, and warnings when our subscriptions become defunct. Then the user can make informed decisions about either looking for new communities, or maybe moving to a different instance.

[–] Heresy_generator@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

beehaw is still federated with kbin.social but they've recently dropped lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works. They have a page that shows where they're linked and where they're not:
https://beehaw.org/instances

[–] Mister_Haste@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

They also recently posted they forsee refederating with sh.itjust.works in the future once things chill. No word on lemmy.world, yet.

[–] lightingnerd@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just wish there were a way for me to write a short bio listing my username on other servers/platforms in-case they get defederated for one reason or another--but such is beta life...

[–] aebrer@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but you can do that... eg. check out my profile and you should see my bio just fine

[–] puck2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Your link is broken

[–] aebrer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My link? I didn't post a link... Maybe it's a Lemmy issue, everything works as expected on kbin

[–] puck2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But if the one you choose "defederates" can you yourself move over to another one?

[–] aebrer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

On mastodon yes, so that feature should come to the Reddit-likes soon enough