MistyThe more and more old servers I see close, the more intolerable it is that Mastodon still doesn't offer a way to migrate data like posts to new accounts. A user's post history is valuable, and it's more valuable the older the account is. Users *should* have the option to migrate those to a new server!
I think for many users, if they lose their posting history when moving to a new server, they have less reason to stay here instead of moving to a new network. If they're losing everything anyway, why not move to bluesky or something else?
damien 🥖🐈⬛🧣@misty gets a bit more embarrassing when GoToSocial essentially solved this (even by importing from a Mastodon archive)
@eramdam I'm really glad it offers it! I don't see many gotosocial servers available as general registration for the public though, so it's not really an option for most people.
Aisling "the bastard of earth" Fawn@misty yeah and the (by design it seems) focus to not have a built in client probably doesn’t help either :/
zbrown@eramdam @misty in fairness it's still fairly early in what the creators play for it, and creating a front-end can become a massive time/effort sink distracting from building solid foundations.
Frustrating certainly for those of us who might like to use it certainly, but I respect what the team is going for there and they'll probably produce a better server as a result.