Mastodawn

David Revoy Jun 20, 2023

Yesterday, users of mstdn.social instance lost their connections to artists at mastodon.art instance ( src: https://framapiaf.org/@Curator@mastodon.art/110570978375947500 ). I hope giving visibility to this issue will help them to restore the broken bridges.

Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator (@[email protected])

We're no longer blocked by mstdn.social, but I don't know if that's subject to change. Unfortunately, when an instance suspends another instance, all follow/follower relationships are immediately broken and aren't recovered by un-suspending, so you will have to find and re-follow your connections there.

Mastodon.ART

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ManicDee Jun 20, 2023

@davidrevoy pardon my ignorance, is "mstdn.social" the same as "mastodon.social" or a different instance?

Is there any kind of documentation on how to keep track of who I'm following so that I can restore broken follows the next time mastodon.social breaks the fediverse or is otherwise excommunicated by other instances?

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Vint Prox

@manicdee @davidrevoy

These are completely different instances hosted by different owners.

You can export your followers via settings in Mastodon web application. #MastodonSocial's impact on the Fediverse is overstated - as long as there is a relay server that your instance can depend on, mastodon.social is but one of the noisy figures that can be safely removed. Not without caveats, but, if people you follow don't sit there, it's fine.