Idea: if you mod a community on a lemmy.somewhere you should be able to migrate it to lemmy.elsewhere which would include all post & comment links being forwarded and subbed users having their subscription updated to reflect the new location.

I'm aware this would be a way down the road as user account migration alone is still not great but it would be a great feature for the fediverse to have to avoid centralisation and mod/server admin wars.

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[–] hot_milky@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The issue is that users might object to subscribing to a community on a particular instance. I guess it's not the end of the world, you can always unsubscribe but I can imagine some people being very upset to be associated with certain politically leaning instances or worse.

[–] hitmyspot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Perhaps a notification when it occurs, so you could unsubscribe if you wish.

[–] reiver@mastodon.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@hitmyspot @hot_milky

That is what happens on Mastodon now when someone moves their account from one server to another — you get a notification of them following you from the other server.

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

I don't use mastodon. Do users need to reciprocate? So if I followed you and you moved server would I still get a notification, or only if you follow me?

Can anyone follow you, so does the notification let you know that it's a change, rather than a new follower.

[–] reiver@mastodon.social 4 points 1 year ago

@hitmyspot

It is all automatic.

You maintain the same relationship after the move.

If you just followed them, but they didn't follow you — that continues after the move.

If they just followed you, but you didn't follow them — that continues after the move.

If you followed each other — that continues after the move.

It is all automatic.

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As a user, if someone who follows you moves their account, you see that as a new follow in your notifications.