This is a big problem. It creates the illusion that /c/cats on one particular instance is the real /c/cats.
This is the root of re-centralization and it must be pulled out.
I don’t believe most Lemmy users will tolerate maintaining more than one account on once instance. If I can’t see it from my account, then it doesn’t exist. This is all starting to sound like old school phpbb forum with new paint.
Why would you create a new account to browse the startrek dedicated instance instead of subscribing to the community that lives on their instance?
Also, this might just be personal experience, but so far I’m finding it far easier to browse a single community on no matter what general instance rather than going through a separate topic-focused instance.
You create an account there probably because you are a star trek fan and want to show it off
Hell, they could’ve disabled account registration and just hosted the communities. Lemmy allows for that kind of flexibility
