BicycleBenNov 13, 2022

Seen some posts talk about #moderation worries on the two large #Mastodon instances, .social and .online - scale seems to have outstripped moderation capability; other notable instances (such as .art) have now #silenced them to mitigate harmful content.

If you're on one of the two larger instances, you may want to think about moving/#migration to a smaller one. Doing so has benefits - it better distributes the network and eases the load on big servers.

Boosts for higher reach welcome!

Show threadFluffgar 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 HAS MOVED
@BicycleBen well this explains why my Boosts and Favourites have tanked. Just want to get my work in front of more people than algorithms elsewhere allowed. Initially it was going pretty well. Then suddenly next to nothing.
Nov 13, 2022 at 9:39amWeb
Show threadBicycleBenNov 13, 2022

@fluffgar If you choose to move instances, it should be moderately easy, taking your followers with you. You might find you need to manually export and import your following list, and you can't move historic posts, but they're the main caveats - you don't lose your original account, so the history can remain online

I'll note problems can happen. My move wasn't smooth as my target instance fell over the moment I started it, but I'll try again when the cool-down period ends.