Dr. Casey FieslerNov 5, 2022

I want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly: If you switch Mastodon instances, it's easy to transfer your network/follows over (I did this), but NOT your content. Is this right? If you change instances you can't move your toots to the new one?

This makes the "don't be held hostage by a platform!" benefit less compelling doesn't it? Like what if someone just doesn't pay the bill for your instance? All your content's gone?

Am I missing something?

Show threadLukas Simonis

@cfiesler I wonder what these "technical limitations" are. is it to do with how mastodon distributes data, or is it just that big import jobs would overwhelm servers?

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

Moving or leaving accounts - Mastodon documentation

Take your information and do what you want with it.

Nov 5, 2022 at 3:51pmMastodon for Android
Show threadLukas SimonisNov 5, 2022
@cfiesler I suppose one issue is that it would allow people to effectively rewrite history, by uploading altered content
Show threadArjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️Nov 5, 2022
@lsimonis @cfiesler Exactly, that is a serious concern. Also, links between past toots would be quite challenging to manage if they suddenly change their identifier (these are local to the instance they belong to).