Mastodawn

UngodlyAudrey🏳️‍⚧️Feb 9, 2023

Trixter of the Moon Council

It feels a bit ghoulish to jump in on another server's closure but for those who need a new home now that mastodon.lol is shutting down, we still have plenty of room to grow on retro.pizza! We're a queer-run (but not queer-only) nerd culture instance with a small but healthy community and an admin who is very old and calloused by the Transformers Fandom Message Board Wars of the '00s.

(Was recommended some hashtags! #MastoMigrate #MastodonLOL )

Jason 🏳️‍🌈

@trixter @ede It’s not ghoulish, you’re actually helping people out

Morgan Feb 9, 2023

@70sgayspaceangel @trixter @ede yeah it's not like ads or anything, we actually *are* looking for new servers, it's more just a recommendation/offer from a friend or someone you're talking to

Trixter of the Moon Council Feb 9, 2023

@raphaelmorgan @70sgayspaceangel @ede I just feel like I'm poaching. 😅 Even though I'm definitely not because it's closing.

alexis purslane 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴Feb 9, 2023

@trixter Thank you for the suggestion, I'll take a look

Dave Slusher Feb 9, 2023

@trixter It's a public service. There are an awful lot of people to rehome in a pretty compressed timeframe. Every little bit helps.

DeeAnn Little Feb 9, 2023

@trixter boosted, and it also looks like there is a bit of conversation going on under the hashtag #MastoMigrate and
(edit to add another tag) #FindAServer

Trixter of the Moon Council Feb 9, 2023

@chillicampari Oh, thanks!

cptofmysoul Feb 10, 2023

@trixter This is what I always expected more of, and felt was an opportunity lost, during the large Twitter migrations. Instances that want to grow or have something specific to offer should be marketing themselves.

Trixter of the Moon Council Feb 10, 2023

@cptofmysoul I think so many of us are just weary in our bones of being marketed to so we're slow to do it ourselves, but it's reasonable here.

Woozle Hypertwin Feb 10, 2023

@trixter #MastodonLOL

Eric Pierce Feb 10, 2023

@trixter I directed someone your way, and am considering moving myself. My instance is perfectly fine but my brand of pop culture silliness doesn't quite fit with the more-serious stuff like politics and whatnot.

Rally Vincent 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 10, 2023

@trixter I've been looking for an instance to migrate to, I think I'll check yours when the dust from the .lol closure settles (as they are in a hurry now and I'm not)

METADESTROYER !! (He/Him)Feb 10, 2023

@trixter did someone say transformers..

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dont mind me, just refreshing to hear that franchise still get referred to

Nadia Purge 🎵Feb 10, 2023

@trixter please don't think it ghoulish to offer up suggested places for like-minded people, it was really scary this morning before i migrated because i had no idea where to go or how to do it.

it is maybe a mistake to assume "this instance is ok for LGBTQIA+, it is fine that cishet allies join" given there may not be much space

so yanno.. things got strange and confusing fast in the past 10 or so hours for us (now former) mastodon.lol'ers

Trixter of the Moon Council Feb 10, 2023

@debonairetoast I felt bad because Nathan was clearly not doing okay and it felt disrespectful to swoop in when the admin seemed to be having a legit mental health crisis, but you're right, people needed the suggestions. We're doing just fine on server resources over here though so it's really no problem to take in refugees!

Nadia Purge 🎵Feb 10, 2023

@trixter yeah... we can only do so much to support him in his absence tho. I very much hope he is ok, or is being supported as he needs right now.

Most of us left to get outta there without him were taken by surprise by it all, and it was hard enough moving from The Bad Place to Mastodon without much instruction the first time.

I got too comfortable on mastodon.lol and it was very upsetting to learn all this happened this way.

Help migrating from within is so needed, especially right now.