Zatty 

Oh right. So much have been going on lately, that I completely forgot I passed my 9-year anniversary of being on Mastodon.

Get ready for "a decade of mastodon" toots, starting next year.

#mastodon #mastoversary #MastodonAnniversary #IWasAnInstanceAdminNineYearsAgoAMA

Nov 23 at 8:09pmWeb
Show threadZatty Nov 23
Okay, that last hashtag is a stretch. In three weeks it will be nine years ago I got my own instance up and running for the first time.
Show threadeishiyaNov 23
@zatnosk I *would* be curious to hear why you opted to move to .ART after having your own instance. Was it the federation issues? The need to proactively moderate even a tiny instance? Something else?
Show threadZatty Nov 24

@eishiya my instance crashed during an upgrade, and I couldn't fix it, so I gave up and made this account.

Also, I have multiple accounts across fedi, so it was less moving everything to a new instance and more "I guess I'm mostly posting over here now".

Also, dotArt has been one of the best managed instances in the history of the fediverse in my opinion. Plus the bias that I think I was mutuals with welshpixie for years before my own instance crashed.

Show threadeishiyaNov 24

@zatnosk Ah, I see D: Makes me wonder how these broken connections work on the other side - do servers it federated with still try to send it posts, or do they eventually give up?

I was lucky enough to have .ART as my first real instance so I don't know what it's like on a poorly managed one. I don't agree with every decision the .ART team makes, but I'm glad they're making them instead of pretending they're neutral and leaving everyone to fend for themselves.

Show threadZatty Nov 24
@eishiya I think they eventually give up. One interesting quirk of federation is that old instances, that have seen my posts, might still retain them. So if I were to boost one of my old posts, only instances that already have that post can show my boost. Any other instance will attempt to fetch the post and fail.