Eugen RochkoNov 13, 2017
Please direct your friends to joinmastodon.org or another instance of your choice like octodon.social, toot.cat or toot.cafe, etc. mastodon.social is "default" choice for a lot of people and it's getting kinda hammered right now.
Show threadwinmine.exeNov 13, 2017
@Gargron though the onboarding for new users is... paralysis of choice, IMHO
Show threadEugen RochkoNov 13, 2017
@calvin I agree, so it might be better to recommend them a specific instance (just one that isn't mastodon.social!)
Show threadCoach Drew
@Gargron @calvin how do I #migrate to another instance with my followers?
Nov 13, 2017 at 10:44pm◆ Tootdon ◆
Show threadwinmine.exeNov 13, 2017
@coachdrewglobal @Gargron in the works https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/177
Support account migration · Issue #177 · tootsuite/mastodon

A lot of people seem to be jumping on https://mastodon.social right now, even though the end goal is to have users separated out across multiple federated instances. However, if people start puttin...

Show threadpinkprius [en]Nov 15, 2017
@coachdrewglobal you can't. You can migrate and tell your followers to follow your new account but you will naturally lose a few ones.
I did it once and it was worth it :)