Nicki LygoNov 25, 2022

I’m thinking of moving my account to med-mastodon as I’m just not seeing my medical colleagues posts, meaning I’m missing out on a huge amount of information and learning when compared with the bird site.

I’ve read lots, but still can’t work out - do I have to create my new profile first before moving or is it created during the process of moving? I would like to move rather than just redirect and I don’t want two accounts.

Thanks in advance! 🙌🏻 #MovingInstances

Show threadNicki LygoNov 25, 2022
I’d like to be able to transfer followers and those I’m following 🤗
Show threadNicki LygoNov 25, 2022
Or alternatively, does anyone know how I can see those I follow across the whole federation on Metatext or Mastodon apps? Currently, on the ‘Federated’ tab, Metatext shows me primary posts from lots of people I don’t follow,(rather than posts or boosts from those I do follow)
Show threadIvor Hewitt
@DrLygo also not entirely obvious but the federated tab is showing you posts that "your instance" knows about, based on what other instances it has connected to or hashtags have been followed, this won't actually be "everything" everwhere.
I wonder if there's a decent description online that's going to be better than mine.
(aside: ditching the 'official' Mastodon app is worth doing anyway, since it lags behind all the others for features and functionality)
Nov 25, 2022 at 8:05amWeb
Show threadIvor HewittNov 25, 2022
@DrLygo so if you're on instance A, and someone on instance B posts to a hashtag, instance A won't necessarily know about it unless it is already communicating with instance B (by relay or following someone)
Similarly it won't pull in historical information (at the moment)
(Having said this, my knowledge of how the subscriptions and message distribution works is still very limited I haven't fully understood how it's built yet)
Show threadNicki LygoNov 25, 2022
@ivor you’re way ahead of me!
Show threadNicki LygoNov 25, 2022

@ivor Your description is perfect! The thing is, if there are thousands on my domain and they each follow someone on a different instance. Then I’ll see a whole world of stuff that isn’t relevant to me, right?

I’m finding this more confusing than I should.

I honestly don’t know how I dress myself

Show threadIvor HewittNov 25, 2022
@DrLygo yes exactly that, so it can be a good idea to be on a "niche" instance if you have a specific interest, although a bit of work if you have multiple interests.
What you can do on some clients (e.g. Fedilab that I use) is to subscribe to the local timelines on specific instances and you then have tabs for each.
Also it's definitely going to get a bit messy as the number of users climbs into millions and the instances 10s of thousands, it'll take a while for the apps and tools to catch up.
Show threadNicki LygoNov 25, 2022
@ivor Eek! I think I’ll see how I get on with Metatext. Fingers crossed I’ll start seeing med posts!