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Do you know someone on toot.community? Please tell them it is closing on 28th October! Toot.community members need to transfer their account to another server *now* because the follower transfer process can take several days to complete.
Here's an easy way to discover good reliable servers to move to:
Here's a step-by-step guide to transferring:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
If anyone wants help with any part of the transfer process, get in touch!
@FediGarden Um why yet another instance is gonna die?
Instances do close down, and new instances start up. It's just how the internet is, services come and go.
The important thing on here is that people can move their account before the closure happens.
@FediGarden Yeah I know trust me. I've done it 4 times already.
Ah okay, sorry. Fair enough!
I would like to give some advice to those who read this.
Pick a site in Asia. Assuming you have a lot to say, and assuming what you want to say does not involve hate speech, moving for the first time means you do not know if your new admin will share your values or beliefs. If not, there is a likelihood your account could be terminated without warning.
Speaking as an American who believes in freedom of speech — but not hate speech, misinformation, or anything harmful — I have both witnessed others and experienced firsthand how a simple miscommunication, misunderstanding, or disagreement can lead to termination.
Asian Fedi communities, or to be more specific, Asian administrators, are more accepting, easily understanding, and tolerant of people's differences. So, if you have something important to say that may not always be politically or socially correct, but is still factual and respectful, you can express it more easily on an Asian site.
I find that fact very ironic, but I cannot dismiss the repeated results.
If you want true freedom of speech and expression, I would suggest a Fedi site in Asia. The hard part if finding one that accepts English post. I can suggest two:
Mastodon: fairy.id
Misskey: mivatter.com
fedi garden website is crap, so many clicks and things not in one easy to browse list there must be a better site for this
I originally had the directory on the front page, but people complained it was overwhelming them with choice, so I structured it to let people find what they want.
If you just want one unsorted list with no structure at all, here you go: https://fedi.garden/tag/mastodon/
well, once again I am totally wrong and loud mouthed about it
@FediGarden I take it you know about this, @HarriettMB? I hope it doesn't inconvenience you too much.
I think they are on toot.wales rather than toot.community?
@FediGarden look at all the info available
p.s. In case you're wondering, the admin of toot.community did the right thing and announced the closure three months in advance (and did follow-up posts and emails too), but it seems that a lot of active members of the server still haven't moved.
@FediGarden
> three months in advance
> but it seems that a lot of active members of the server still haven't moved
I'd argue because their activities set did not come with a 'move servers' module. Creators cared about post/react/boost, but 'Moving servers' activity is hard to code, hard to test, and mostly irrelevant in mass operations.
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@FediGarden I'm looking at the list of people whom I follow and only one of them is on that instance. I hope the message got to @yvanspijk