Filippo Valsorda2d ago

So uh, apparently $288/year is not enough to run a Mastodon service for ~3 users, and this is a known issue (https://masto.host/mastodon-content-retention-settings/) with no solution (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/discussions/19260)?!

I just want to own my identity. On Bluesky, it takes a TXT record and a did:plc rotation key. A PDS takes like $25/yr. For $300/yr you can run a whole-network relay.

Also, it's unclear if I can move to non-Mastodon software without losing all my posts, despite owning the domain??

And this ecosystem sneers at atproto?

Show threadbuherator2d ago
@filippo Pleroma/Akkoma are more lightweight if that helps
Show threadFilippo Valsorda
@buherator I can migrate to Pleroma/Akkoma without losing my posts?
Mar 20 at 4:16pmWeb
Show threadbuherator2d ago
@filippo Last time I checked you couldn't even migrate post between instances running the same software... I'm not sure if this is only a limitation when you'd transfer posts between remote servers and you could just vibe code a DB migration script, or there's some fundamental limitation of how posts are referenced in the network.
Show threadshellsharks2d ago
@filippo @buherator I'd check out GoToSocial (extremely lightweight: https://gotosocial.org/). It can import posts too (courtesy of Slurp - https://docs.gotosocial.org/user_guide/importing_posts/)