David Wakeham
I'm curious if anyone has tips or personal experiences about how they chose a new #Mastodon #fediverse server account and if there are any potential or unknown issues when #mirgating. Any advice would be super helpful!
Thank you 🫶
Please note: I am typically low on spoons, so I prefer not to migrate constantly (I appreciate it may be required to find my niche).
Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢
@wakehamAMR Personally.
1. Funding
(Are they heavily reliant on donations to the point there might come a day they'll run dry? Do they allow it but not ask since they have eniugh funding? Do they refuse it because they don't really need it?)
2. The community
(What's their local timeline like? Is it general or too specific? I don't want to suddenly look a spammer or troll.)
3. If they have specific themes
(I don't want to suddenly start filling their local timeline with topics they're not interested.)
4. Rules
(I've seen some rules that are too extreme for me, but works for their community.)
5. How many they defederated?
(I mean, if they defederated half and/or the major instances, what's the use _for me_.)
6. How long have they've been around?
(This one is easier today. But back in the early days, between 2008 and 2018, you have to take the risk.)
7. It should be my personal choice, not because everyone is flocking to it.
(You know what they say, not because something is "majority"/"famous" does it mean it is the best.)
🙂
Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢
@youronlyone @wakehamAMR (2/2)
In addition, there are instances that caters for neurodivergents and/or autistics. I haven't checked but they more likely have stricter rules and defederated a lot more instances than the general ones.
Disclosure: I'm autistic and a moderator over at C.IM instance. (We're a general instance, and my moderation style is context + language considerations + cultural differences.; within our guidelines/rules. I'm not saying I won't make a mistake or have no biases, but I actively avoid it.)
David Wakeham
@youronlyone Thank you. I had genuinely not even considered funding. Initially, I was only thinking of themes, rules (which I assume are the same or at least related to moderation) and engagement.
Essentially, I feel since the old place died, I have lost my voice and, partially due to multiple disabilities and other circumstances, my place within the community and society.
Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢
@wakehamAMR @youronlyone Yep! It does feel that way!
Personally, I will recommend our instance (I'm a moderator (but not the owner)) C.IM and also indieweb.social (although I'm not sure if they're a general topic server or more on tech? ).
I can't remember the two ND/Autistic instances. 😅 I think it is neurodifferent.me.
Or, you can give #Bluesky a try: bsky.app since you're restarting your account (if you've heard of it?)
Hmm… if it interests you, we also tag the groups @-autistics@fedigroups.social and @-actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe (I added a hyphen so they don't get tagged for now). Our fellow autistics might have instances they can recommend also.
If you like, you can also create accounts on each and get the feel, see if it fits. 🙂
Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢
@youronlyone @wakehamAMR Oh, and speaking of funding, yes, it's usually how you'll be able to gauge how long they'll stay.
It's number 1 for me, because it does take that much. I used to run my own instances back in 2010 to 2016 (IIRC), and it does take from your pockets even if it's a single-user instance of family & friends only.
Then the team behind it (the admins specifically). If they're techie, or an advocate of the software or the fediverse or open-source and similar (usually there's an overlap). It adds more plus points for me. (Since there is the technical side to running an instance, and when things go wrong, they'll be able to get things back running again. 😁) And, you know, how long they're willing to dedicate part of their time.
I mean, even me, eventually gave up running my own. Financials aside, it takes too much time. Hehe.
Yohan Yukiya Seseㆍ사요한・謝雪矢
@youronlyone As for rules, you're right, they're generally the same
It starts to differ when it comes to the sensitive topics and issues. (And the admin's and server location's local laws.)
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