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Isn’t Mastodon moderation similar to subreddits? I.e. the owner of the server is the one who decides what’s allowed and what not? I find it very problematic

newaccount2021 4y ago
timbit42 4y ago
Mastodon has a feature that lets you switch from one instance to another, bringing along your posts.
- noncoml 4y ago
  Do you get to keep your address/handle?
  - retox 4y ago
    Your old one doesn't go away unless you delete that account. You don't automatically get to keep your old handle on the new server because it may already be taken (handles aren't unique across the entire network), but if it isn't you can keep it by normal registration.
  - Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
    Nope. Your handle consists of your alias and your home instance. ie, "@sohcahtoa82@nerds.social" If I want to move to another instance, say, jocks.social, then my handle would become @sohcahtoa82@jocks.social, and that's assuming @sohcahtoa82 wasn't already taken on jocks.social.
    - noncoml 4y ago
      So it doesn’t help much to just move your data if you get banned by a mod, does it?
      - Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
        Somewhat correct. The challenge becomes informing your followers of your new account. Instance mods can block entire instances, making it possible for an instance (or set of instances) to become isolated from the rest of the Fediverse. At that point, those instances might as well be a completely different site, since they'll no longer communicate. And I somewhat expect that to happen. Many instance admins will block instances that become known to be cess pools of hate speech.
  - timbit42 4y ago
    It's like email. You can keep your username if no one else is already using it on the new instance/mail server. The part after the username is different for each instance/mail server, like hotmail.com and gmail.com email addresses are different instances.
- iudqnolq 4y ago
  Nope, you can't move posts. You can redirect your followers, but only if you still have access to your old account. If your mod unfairly bans you you can't migrate away.

newaccount2021 4y ago

timbit42 4y ago

Mastodon has a feature that lets you switch from one instance to another, bringing along your posts.

noncoml 4y ago
Do you get to keep your address/handle?
- retox 4y ago
  Your old one doesn't go away unless you delete that account. You don't automatically get to keep your old handle on the new server because it may already be taken (handles aren't unique across the entire network), but if it isn't you can keep it by normal registration.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
  Nope. Your handle consists of your alias and your home instance. ie, "@sohcahtoa82@nerds.social" If I want to move to another instance, say, jocks.social, then my handle would become @sohcahtoa82@jocks.social, and that's assuming @sohcahtoa82 wasn't already taken on jocks.social.
  - noncoml 4y ago
    So it doesn’t help much to just move your data if you get banned by a mod, does it?
    - Sohcahtoa82 4y ago
      Somewhat correct. The challenge becomes informing your followers of your new account. Instance mods can block entire instances, making it possible for an instance (or set of instances) to become isolated from the rest of the Fediverse. At that point, those instances might as well be a completely different site, since they'll no longer communicate. And I somewhat expect that to happen. Many instance admins will block instances that become known to be cess pools of hate speech.
- timbit42 4y ago
  It's like email. You can keep your username if no one else is already using it on the new instance/mail server. The part after the username is different for each instance/mail server, like hotmail.com and gmail.com email addresses are different instances.
iudqnolq 4y ago
Nope, you can't move posts. You can redirect your followers, but only if you still have access to your old account. If your mod unfairly bans you you can't migrate away.