Just asking as I did exactly that and it kind of seems like it works? I would have thought there would have been some kind of checksum/key etc…

The only issue I’m really running into is that it says subscribe pending on some communities when I try to subscribe but I’m assuming that’s due to being overloaded etc…

Is there anything major that I’m overlooking?

Note: The server is personal so hijacking existing usernames isn’t an issue but I’m assuming it would be if it was populated?

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
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    So this partly happened on midwest.social, when the admin reverted to a three-day old backup. Other servers that had already cached comments from that time could still see them; those of us on the home server could not. I checked with my alt account.

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    As for hijacking usernames: If you are able to wipe and reinstall the instance you likely have the ability to just set my password hash to something else and control my account. As a user you need to trust your home instance.

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        As I said: you need to trust your home instance in that regard. I don’t think there is a technical solution for these problems.

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    I experienced it. I couldn’t subscribe to the same communities with same username.

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      Yeah, I have a feeling that this is the case with my server. It does seem to be communities that I was already subscribed to having issues subscribing again.

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    The only issue I’m really running into is that it says subscribe pending on some communities when I try to subscribe but I’m assuming that’s due to being overloaded etc…

    Try refreshing the page after smashing the subscribe button