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there's something that does irk me a little bit about the fact that moving followers from one instance to another, in the circumstances where it's even possible at all, is a process which involves the consent and involvement of the instances on both ends, and also needs everyone following you to also have instance software specifically compatible with the move.

there's a lot of moving parts and it feels like there honestly shouldn't be. what if someone's point of reference for the location of your current account wasn't expressed in fedi protocols at all? what if your instance software let you "follow" a pointer to an account that the person moving their account controlled?