@fishsticks Yeah, I probably just borked something on my end. I wouldn’t be surprised.

@nocturne213 This is perfect, thank you!

@Hildegarde Hmmm, that’s interesting. I’ve never come across someone using this same username, but I do suppose it’s possible.

The issue is that it’s saying that my email address already exists in the system, not necessarily the username itself.

It sounds like I’m going to be looking into other instances though, so hopefully it’ll all be moot soon!

Thanks for replying, and I’ll definitely do a search for the username out there!

@Chais lemmy.world. As I can see from everyone, that seems to be the culprit. Any suggestions for alternatives?

Thanks!

@Wander Yeah, lemmy.world. I’m still very new to the fediverse / haven’t played with it much, so I’m still finding all these lovely, obvious pitfalls.

Any suggestions for alternatives to lemmy.world?

Thanks for replying!

@MrJukes It never got far enough to suggest checking for email verification, unfortunately. It just kept trying to send it through to no avail.

I’ll keep an eye out for wayward emails though. Thanks!

@_spiffy I was trying on lemmy.world, which I’m guessing is full. Any ideas for alternatives?

Thanks for the help!

@nocturne213 I was trying to sign in on lemmy.world, but based on you and the other comments, I should try a different instance. Any suggestions for alternatives?

Thanks for responding!