Anil DashJan 13, 2023
Okay, here's a remarkable thing about the fediverse: I was able to seamlessly move my followers to a new server, and the vast majority of them *never even noticed* that it happened. About 24 hours ago, I decided to move from mastodon[dot]cloud (because it had been bought up by sketchy new owners), and I came to @medium's new me.dm instance. At that time, I had 25,829 followers, and now less than 24 hrs later, I have 22,648 followers on this new account — without them having to do anything.
Show threadAnil DashJan 13, 2023
The entire migration process took me a couple of minutes (basically, you just tell your new account that you want to migrate from your old one, then tell your old account where you're going). Now, I think this may be one of the largest follower migrations in fediverse history, so there was a little bit of weirdness in some apps and the website in terms of getting a *ton* of notifications (tens of thousands of follows) but after that settled, it was smooth sailing. And invisible to followers.
Show threadkfan
@anildash you know who else had one of the largest follower migrations in history? Jesus
Jan 13, 2023 at 5:27pmWeb
Show threadAnil DashJan 13, 2023
@kfan what's his @
Show threadMark Shane HaydenJan 13, 2023
@anildash @kfan he is at @jesus but they migrated before Mastodon so it was a bit more of a process
Show threadHishamJan 14, 2023
@msh @anildash @kfan this got me thinking: how many followers did Jesus actually have during his lifetime? Since he got into trouble for spreading his ideas, I'm sure he had way more than the main 12 we know about, but I doubt it was anything near 20k.
Show threadMatunosJan 14, 2023
@hisham_hm @msh @anildash @kfan I'm told his lifetime is eternal though?
Show threadDavid CookJan 14, 2023
@matunos @hisham_hm @msh @anildash @kfan @jesus TTL = ♾
Show threademily dogmomJan 14, 2023
@hisham_hm @msh @anildash @kfan sort of making me think of the running joke in HBO's Julia. "We got 27 letters about you!" "...and that's a lot?"