Is creating a throwaway on lemmy bad?

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?

bender,
@bender@insaneutopia.com avatar

Limited servers available? Can you elaborate on this?

Barbarian,
@Barbarian@sh.itjust.works avatar

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.

Die4Ever,
@Die4Ever@programming.dev avatar

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

SnokenKeekaGuard,
@SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Ah. Didnt know that. Thanks.

fubo,

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

SnokenKeekaGuard,
@SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Oh wow I didnt know that. Thats a cool tidbit of information. Thanks

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