@Involture

It might be someone on a different type of Fediverse server which handles replies differently. I think Friendica uses a format similar to this?

@jasohill

Part of the problem is if people are told to sign up on any random server, which is really bad advice as some servers aren't well run.

I've tried to make it easier for non-techy people to discover good reliable servers at https://fedi.garden and the Masto devs have their own similar initiative at https://joinmastodon.org/servers

Ultimately though, online services disappearing is an innate risk of the internet. Even huge corporate sites can disappear ( https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/18/myspace-loses-all-content-uploaded-before-2016 ).

@screwturn

Oh no, really sorry to hear 😞

Hopefully the human-curated server lists can help reduce this kind of situation happening to people.

@apz

I wonder if anyone has reported it to the providers higher up the chain? 🤔

There have been reports via Mastodon's own moderation tools but these have AFAIK all been ignored.

@HeptaSean

That's a really interesting idea 👍

p.s. If you want an easy way to discover reliable good servers, there are human-curated server lists at https://fedi.garden and https://joinmastodon.org/servers

All the servers listed on these sites have to comply with certain standards of technical reliability and moderation.

p.p.s. If you want help with moving there's a guide at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server

@juergen @feb @mason

I asked if it had been implemented (with my FediVideos account) and I was told it wasn't fully implemented?

@BernardCH

Welcome Bernard 👋

If you want help using this place feel free to ask! There is also lots of help for new people on the website at https://fedi.tips