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   Jonathan Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:14:09 JST Jonathan Schofield

   Some fedi folks I really like are talking about blocking mastodon.social and my account is on… mastodon.social.

   I hear their reasoning and, in theory, moving instances is easy.

   Jeff here highlights the gotchas https://mastodon.social/@box464/113807877376492642

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:14:08 JST j@mastodon

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     @urlyman

     For the "cons" list!
     Mastodon.social seems to have stared blocking #Tor

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:17:22 JST j@mastodon

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     @urlyman

     I believe there is a migration process, I never tried but if you follow it step by step, most of your followers *should* be automatically redirected
     https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/#migration

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     Jonathan Schofield (urlyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:17:23 JST Jonathan Schofield

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     …I use microblogging as a kind of catharsis and I’m flattered that some 1,100 people think that’s worth something.

     But because it is a way for me to work shit out in public, I’m really attached to my own post history. I frequently reference it.

     So starting all that again – AGAIN after Twitter – is no small thing for me.

     Sure I could download an archive and host that somewhere – maybe my own instance – but then all the exchanges (the good stuff) that hangs off those posts would be gone :(