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 threadanubis2814
@cfiesler The only fediverse platform that has seemed to fix this issue is hubzilla but its a bit too clunky for the average user. That said like I told my partner, when was the last time you looked through your twitter feed? and she said oh never, and I said exactly you aren't missing that much. That said a feature of what you posted on this day a year or few ago might be fun.
Nov 5, 2022 at 3:52pmWeb
Show threadDr. Casey FieslerNov 5, 2022
@anubis2814 I think that for the average Twitter user it will be okay. But is a reason that Mastodon wouldn't be as viable for content creators.
Show threadDaniel HernandezNov 5, 2022
@cfiesler what do you mean by viable for content creators? I am trying to understand what you worry about the most.
Show threadDr. Casey FieslerNov 6, 2022

@danielhz The potential to lose content is a big deal if you're a content creator.

And I realize that's a risk for being on any platform, but in theory the benefit to moving here as a content creator would be that you could easily move your content between instances but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Show threadDaniel HernandezNov 6, 2022
@cfiesler If by content you mean pictures, writings, videos, etc. I would never use Mastodon for storing or preserving them. I think this is far to be the objective of Mastodon. No one software solution fits all use cases.