There has been a steady trickle of new users here today, and in the past little while, mostly due to the bad decisions that reddit is currently making.
Anyways, welcome! Feel free to look around, and if you have any questions about anything lemmy related, feel free to ask!
Also, if you feel up to it, introduce yourself in the comments below!
edit: Here’s a nice getting started guide for lemmy: https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2023/06/11/lemmy-migration-find-subreddits-communities/
i should have added it here a while ago!
Ah, it seems as though my issue is indeed an existing username and a lack of error message.
looks like there’s already some issues in the issue tracker too:
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2955
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1151