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“This is the single thing stopping me from using Lemmy” (said in the bug thread over the lack of data portabilty) (github.com)
submitted 1 month ago by activistPnk@slrpnk.net to c/Fediverse@infosec.pub
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Strangely, data portability is very low priority.

There really should be some server support for this -- but OTOH it’s not paramount. Theoretically, anyone could write a client app that harvests all of a user’s posts and comments into a local DB, and then recreate threads (not comments) in a corresponding community. It would have to add some metadata about the date of the original post. Not great, but could be done.

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[–] hypnicjerk@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

yall aren't deleting your accounts and making new ones every year or two?

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Perhaps I should be. But that would only increase the need for a backup app. In fact, a backup app would encourage me to have shorter lived accounts because maintaining an account would no longer be a precondition to accessing my past content. From there, using upload functionality would be optional.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A backup for what exactly?

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

For cases where the instance is someone else’s. Instances vanish out of the pure blue sometimes. I’ve lost lots of content that way. Also useful for offline reference for those of us who do not have Internet at home.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Interesting, thank you