>This is where the magic of federation comes in... No. This is where the great misinformation about federated social media comes in. It's painted as being thi

>This is where the magic of federation comes in... No. This is where the great misinformation about federated social media comes in. It's painted as being this great decentralised, liberated alternative to Twitter et al "If you don't like the instance you're on, just go elsewhere..." The reality is; you can't take your data elsewhere. There's no way to download your post history from one instance and upload it to another. There's no way to download your post history from one instance and upload it to your own server, if you decide to self-host. The so-called Fediverse is vastly over-hyped. It would be better named the Fragmentiverse.