This is a big problem for Mastodon.

Canadian journalist Erica Ifill just had her mastodon.online account suspended without explanation. She's been sharing stuff critical of Mastodon re: intersectional issues.

I get the decentralized structure and idea that each server has its own rules. But this Reddit-style moderation, where moderators with god-complexes make mysterious and arbitrary decisions, is going to cause people migrating to Mastodon to flee in droves.

https://www.presscheck.org/journalists/erica-ifill

How to migrate from one Mastodon server to another without losing followers:

1. Sign up on new server
2. On NEW server: Go to Account -> Moving FROM another account
3. Enter old account's handle
4. On OLD server: Go to Account -> Moving TO another account
5. Enter new account's handle and submit

#YoMigroaMastodon

Lovely article by @zoesqwilliams about her journey from Twitter to Mastodon. It really is.

But I feel it needs a corrective.

It's not called the Fediverse because Mastodon is comprised of many servers.

It's called the Fediverse because there's literally a universe of federated protocols, apps, instances, and tools that talk to each other.

Mastodon is just one of those apps. There's also Pixelfed, Peertube, Misskey, etc. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/16/could-this-be-twitter-without-the-toxic-slurry-my-week-on-mastodon