It can be useful in case whatever instance you're using defederate or is defederated by another instance you want to participate in. It's also useful in case your instance goes the way of the dodo and shut down.

[–] thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Look at the usernames in the replies to this comment

[–] thomasdouwes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

agreed

[–] thomasdouwes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

yeah

[–] thomasdouwes@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

same

[–] thomasdouwes@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would you need more than one?

[–] NebulaBC@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just if you wanted more than one. Just like u/kadu said about email. It's like if you had your email on Google, Yahoo, and Hotmail. I know a lot of people have an alt on platforms like Discord too.

[–] thomasdouwes@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

I know, look at the usernames of the replies

[–] amki@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

I hate Discord with a passion. Can't wait for https://github.com/vector-im/element-call to be done so I can leave that behind.

[–] thomasdouwes@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

same

[–] thomasdouwes@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, posting on some of the bigger instances was really slow. I guess the influx of users has caused that