Strawberry ButtshakeMore people should have their own instance. Let me know if you want help setting one up
Dan V Peterson@sara @aral I worry a bit about this. I understand some of the reasoning but one of the big things people love about instances is the sense of community. I think making accounts easily transferable between instances is a better answer than running your own instance. Not always, but for most I think a better long term solution without losing that community feeling (that can admittedly sometimes go very wrong).
@danvpeterson Mastodon was designed with many, many small instances in mind. They don't have to be single-user instances, and that's probably not the best solution for everyone. But I do agree that accounts should be able to drop in and out
@sara I can see many smaller instances being a good thing, still hesitant on the single-user instance concept. Transferability would greatly help people be willing to try smaller instances. It's primarily a desire to choose one I trust to be around long term that made me initially choose mastodon.social (which I've since had second thoughts about). Transferability would help lessen that fear of smaller instances going away. Especially if I could easily back up my account on a regular basis.