(edit) - Answered by @sexy_peach@feddit.de below. Thanks!

I created duplicate accounts (same username as this one), one here on lemmy.ml and another of the same account on midwest.social. This was before I understood how Lemmy works. Now I’ve deleted the account on midwest.social and want to login there with my federated account from lemmy.ml. However when I try to login it just sits and spins.

Will I be able to login to the other Lemmy server with this account? Do I just need to give the other server some time before it wipes out the account completely?

I have verified that the other server is federated with lemmy.ml:
https://midwest.social/instances> @sexy_peach

    • DarraignTheSane@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Ah, so I see that I still don’t fully understand how it works. :)

      Can I still post and comment in those communities while logged in through lemmy.ml?

        • GuyDudeman@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          Unless that community has been blocked by your community, right? Like, how LemmyGrad has blocked certain communities.

          • darkfoe@lemmy.serverfail.partyEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            Pretty much. You can click the “Instances” link at the bottom of the site to see what communities are blocked on your instance

          • DudeDad@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            To me, it seems obvious to create an account on the “largest most general” server, as they are likely to not be blocked.

            What are the pros and cons of creating your account on lemmy.ml for example?

            The risk I see with creating my main account on a smaller server is the potential for the smaller server to go away if the creator decides to stop hosting. Right?

            • GuyDudeman@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I’m just creating accounts on all the servers, just so I have them. I think I’ll use lemmy.ml and beehaw the most though. I’m still wrapping my head around this whole federated thing.

        • DarraignTheSane@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, once it dawned on me how it worked it was intriguing. This Fediverse stuff is neat, here’s hoping that it’ll catch on as redditors jump ship, so that the community can drown out all the Russian bots and such.

      • scrambled1839@mstdn.party
        2·
        1 year ago

        @DarraignTheSane @sexy_peach in case you still don’t understand stand how it works here is how I think about it. The server communicate with one another just like email this enables on server to be able to see and interact with everything that is public on the other server. There are some issues with content not being distributed perfectly so some stuff might not appear. Hope that help your welcome to message me if you have any questions.