Saturnalia

https://archive.ph/yX2Gz

For the foreseeable future with Lemmy, plan on the unplanned.

Create accounts on several instances, and keep them synced.

I use lemmy-account-sync. It works perfectly for me.

There's another project, lemmy_handshake, which is an Android app (YMMV, I haven't tried it.)

It's not too difficult to use Oracle's free tier and Lemmy-Easy-Deploy if you want to register a domain and set up your own single-user instance. I do that, knowing that it could poof at any time. I run lemmy-account-sync as a cron job nightly on the same Oracle instance, but hosting your own instance isn't required for syncing.

I sync my main account with accounts on a few small instances. I chose them from the list of Lemmy nodes which are on the current version of Lemmy, that have active users. Small instances tend not to defederate other instances so much, if that is important to you. They are also less likely to be targets of DDOS attacks. They can also wink out of existence without warning, which may be the case with lemmy.villa-straylight.social.

I also sync my main account with accounts on a few of the larger instances. (I mainly use Lemmy Explorer to find Communities, but big instances are best if you just want to doom scroll "All.")

Should I tire of self-hosting, or if Oracle decides to randomly delete my instance (a real risk), then I'll just log into another instance.

You'll lose some stuff (like post history, and private messages) but it will be better than losing everything again.

I used a Samsung device with DeX and a lapdock as my sole PC for a year. It was...challenging. I expect that a first generation "desktop experience" on Android from Google would have issues, too.

I also have big concerns about Google's invasive new ad platform which monitors your browser history to serve you ads, and how integrated it also seems to be to apps which use Chrome on Android.

All that said, I'd probably still be all-in for a Pixel that becomes a ChromeOS device when plugged into a monitor.

https://github.com/Ac5000/lemmy_account_sync

Does anyone know if the 2023 Razr+ has Motorola "Ready For" desktop mode? I'm not seeing it mentioned on their site or in reviews.

Another good one is https://lemmyverse.net/communities

Done.

I miss this, too. Have you considered opening an issue on the Lemmy UI project on GitHub?

You can include a screenshot or use "Inspect" on Chrome to create a mock-up like:

The docs say:

Bot Account: Enable this if you are using a script or program to create posts automatically

So a bot account that doesn't self-report would be a violation of policy and should be banned from the entire instance by the admin if discovered.

To be clear: I'm personally not against useful bots. But a “Bot accounts cannot post to this community” mod option would just allow the mods to choose for their community.

There really should be a "Bot accounts cannot post to this community" mod option.

First post -- It worked!