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> The general sentiment is… it isn't a bad thing The general tone has seemed very defensive

• rolenthedeep 4y ago
  The discussion I've seen frames it something like this: Servers rise and fall, it's part of the life cycle here. The admins couldn't handle the size of the server, and it was causing a rapidly degrading experience for everyone. Shutting down the server was mostly in the best personal interests of the admin, but people seem to be respecting them for that. They did the responsible thing by shutting down new registration, making very loud announcements, and giving everyone as much time as possible to migrate their accounts. In other words, any instance will shut down sooner or later, and the way the admin handled this particular case is the most respectful way to treat the users. Sad that it happened, but much respect for handling it as gracefully as possible.
  • appletrotter 4y ago
    > any instance will shut down sooner or later Just another thing for users to be worried about.
    • easrng 4y ago
      I've moved twice so far (didn't like the (lack of) moderation on the first instance I was on, the second one is shutting down in a bit and they gave everyone advance notice so we all moved off) and it's very painless, not worrying at all.
    • rolenthedeep 4y ago
      No, not any more than you worry about Twitter shutting down. And when Twitter does eventually shut down, all of those users will lose their accounts and followers forever with no recourse. When a mastodon server shuts down, you click the 'migrate account' button and continue like nothing happened.
      • appletrotter 4y ago
        Twitter has never shut down before. As has been said, instances go down all the time.