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by johnnyanmac
926 days ago
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>my instance is shutting down in January. I have no way to migrate my posts. This is the sixth time I've gone through this over the years. I don't feel like dealing with this stuff anymore. I thought that was the whole point of ActivityPub? that your comments aren't contained on any one instance and are yours to move around. And why is your instance shutting down? ----- from link: >I can probably count on one hand the number of times I had to block people because, get this, Twitter had a quality filter which caught most insufferable people I guess "had" is the underrated word there. But even then I'm confused. There were entire curated block lists made because some people were so pervasive in so many circles while skirting the rules. >My needs and experience here are likely VERY different from yours. At this point, they're often too different to reconcile. Sure, but I' wondering if that need will be met anywhere on the net. Strictly moderated popular forums just isn't a thing on the modern net. You need to go to a less popular, lower traffic place for such management. |
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To allow others to see your posts, yes.
But if your instance goes away, instances can't fetch those posts anymore and admins of Mastodon instances shutting down tend to run a process that prunes users/history across the fedi too. Even if they don't, that information fades, especially as status authentication is a thing now (checks original instance for the post existence).
Then further, if you move to another server, that history is not attached to your new account either etc.
> And why is your instance shutting down?
This time it's due to new laws that the UK has introduced around social media websites. Previously it's been stuff like admin didn't want to do it after getting bullied. Not enough money. Lost all data and can't be bothered anymore etc.
> I guess "had" is the underrated word there.
I don't believe he's on Twitter anymore.
> Sure, but I' wondering if that need will be met anywhere on the net.
I believe this is currently handled by "algorithms" on the major social media networks.