Unless the Lemmy devs create their own app, the vast majority of users are going to use third party apps like mlem and Memmy.

So it’s still a problem with the platform if the username databases for instances don’t validate against each other to prevent reuse and impersonation.

That’s doesn’t mean anything though.

Nobody else can have the username Izzy@lemmy.world but Lemmy.world is only one of hundreds of instances on Lemmy.

I could go right now and make Izzy@<any other Lemmy instance> and depending on the client used, nobody would be able to tell the difference if that client doesn’t list the instance as part of the username. For example, both mlem and Memmy on iOS do not show full usernames by default. You just show up as Izzy to me. So Izzy@lemmy.world and Izzy@lemmy.ml would show as the same user to me.

I’ve been looking for a viable alternative for years but nothing has ever stuck. Lemmy seems like it’s got enough community already that there should be some staying power.

Bringing spez back on as CEO was one of the worst decisions Reddit has made. kn0thing leaving was the last cliff too before the whole thing really went downhill.

Fuck spez for killing Apollo.