@3x10to8mps There's a list of servers that agree to the Server Covenant here: https://joinmastodon.org/servers

I haven't read of many other servers choosing to close the local or federated timelines. You can check before making an account by looking at their home page.

There's information on moving here:
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

This preserves your followers, bookmarks, lists and other account settings. At the moment, moving accounts does not support bringing your old toots with you.

@3x10to8mps maybe this blog post will give you some ideas? A friend was just telling me about the forkiverse and it made me curious which is why I googled and found this post.

https://maho.dev/2026/01/the-forkiverse-experiment-and-why-instance-choice-matters