I was wondering whether that could cause issues for the limited servers available, like when the mass migration from reddit happened.

I know one account sounds like nothing but as a general practice would it be bad to add more accounts that would be mostly dormant?

And if one does create a throwaway would it be better to delete the account afterwards or leave it be?

  • Die4Ever@programming.devEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    I think the usage is what really uses the resources not just the account itself

    also 100 accounts being subscribed to a community is basically the same as 1 account being subscribed, it’s going to federate the same data either way

  • Barbarian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    10 months ago

    To add to what others have said, the real source of load is browsing. It’s much better than a few months ago, but it is still the case that users actively on the web frontend is the biggest load.

    If you are actively using a single digit number of accounts simultaneously, no issue. A bot farm using 100,000 users simultaneously is a big problem.

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    An account is just a small database entry. It probably costs the server less than a post that appears on the front page.