So I’m definitely missing something with Lemmy…I’ve tried creating an account on their site, but it’s never gone through. I know we get the same stuff on kbin as we do on Lemmy, but I was curious to try both out.

Surely it’s not the same account for both, right?

I tried creating my account on Lemmy about a month ago, and it just kept doing the scrolly-wheel of doom and it never appeared to go through. I tried again today to see if it would work now, but, when I try to create the account, it says that it already exists, but trying to log in does nothing.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

#fediverse

  • shootwhatsmyname
    2·
    1 year ago

    What instance are you trying to sign up for? Some instances are completely overloaded, but if you try signing up for lemm.ee or vlemmy.net or any other smaller instances you’ll probably have better luck. Most instances will still give you access to the whole lemmy fediverse, but rules do vary across instances so make sure to read them on each instance to help make your decision

  • Bubs12
    1·
    1 year ago

    I was having the same issue trying to sign up for Lemmy.world. It kept happening for days. Finally I tried Lemm.ee and it worked first try. I have been happy with it so far

  • Wander@yiffit.net
    0·
    1 year ago

    There’s hundreds of different Lemmy instances. On which one did you try to sign up? Lemmy.world?

    • sithbelle@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      @Wander Yeah, lemmy.world. I’m still very new to the fediverse / haven’t played with it much, so I’m still finding all these lovely, obvious pitfalls.

      Any suggestions for alternatives to lemmy.world?

      Thanks for replying!

    • sithbelle@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      @MrJukes It never got far enough to suggest checking for email verification, unfortunately. It just kept trying to send it through to no avail.

      I’ll keep an eye out for wayward emails though. Thanks!

  • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
    0·
    1 year ago

    Manually search for the username you’re trying to register. Verify that the name is unused before registering.

    There’s plenty of user facing error messages that don’t yet exist. I’ve heard this one of them. Lemmy is alpha software at this point. There’s a lot of work yet to be done.

    • sithbelle@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      @Hildegarde Hmmm, that’s interesting. I’ve never come across someone using this same username, but I do suppose it’s possible.

      The issue is that it’s saying that my email address already exists in the system, not necessarily the username itself.

      It sounds like I’m going to be looking into other instances though, so hopefully it’ll all be moot soon!

      Thanks for replying, and I’ll definitely do a search for the username out there!