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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by canofbars on Sunday June 28, 2020 @06:46AM (#23667931)
Doesn't matter because reddit accounts don't hold the same weight as twitter accounts. Making a new reddit account is trivial and you lose absolutely nothing.
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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by kremlin on Sunday June 28, 2020 @12:47PM (#23670058)
is that not true of Twitter as well?
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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by M2Ys4U on Sunday June 28, 2020 @07:43PM (#23672938)
On Twitter you follow people, on a site like Reddit you subscribe to subreddits.

Switching between accounts on Twitter means your follows/followers are lost, switching accounts on Reddit doesn't lose you anything (unless you're subscrived to private subreddits or are a moderator for a subreddit)

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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by mcintyre1994 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @01:07PM (#23670247)
Twitter sometimes requires a verified email and phone number, which I assume they globally ban when they can. Not sure how effectively they are, but they do at least something make throwaways harder than Reddit does.
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