Hi all,

I am pretty new to lemmy and was wondering if it makes a difference where I register my account. On lemmy.ml the name „Green“ (this account) was available and on Lemmy.world „Green“ is not available anymore.

As far I understand Lemmy, it doesn’t matter, but I would be happy if someone could confirm or explain it to me. Kind regards.

  • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
    1·
    3 years ago

    No, it doesn’t matter. In fact the username itself doesn’t matter because you can set whatever display name you want anyway.

    But basically it’s like email addresses: [email protected] and [email protected] are two different addresses on two different servers and they talk to eachother just fine.

    • Izax@pawb.social
      1·
      3 years ago

      The only exception is if one of the two servers has chosen not to federate with the other. In that case, you would want one on each account. However, that’s pretty rare as of right now.

      • RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninjaEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        The other exception is performance. If you register on a very overloaded server, or one that has insufficient resources, you’re going to have a bad time.

  • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee
    1·
    3 years ago

    Generally no, but it can make a difference depending on which communities you want to participate in. For example beehaw.org blocks lemmy.world so if you log into lemmy.world and want to participate with a beehaw.org community, you’ll have issue. Though it’s usually not a problem, beehaw is an outstanding offender.

    You can check for blocked instances by selecting the Instances link bottom of any page. For example you would go to beehaw.org and check their instances page to see if your login instance is blocked. Then you would check the instances page on your login instance to see if beehaw.org blocked.

    There’s some network and performance considerations in selecting an instance. You want one regionally close for best network speeds. Then you want one with good server response. For example lemmy.world and lemmy.ml are heavily loaded so you might get better server performance with a less populated instance (see https://the-federation.info/platform/73). Instance admin settings and quality can also be a consideration.