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>Twitter is all about the reach beyond your followers, and that's why most twitter users won't ever consider a switch. Also, the inability to move existing pos
by TMWNN 4y ago
>Twitter is all about the reach beyond your followers, and that's why most twitter users won't ever consider a switch.
Also, the inability to move existing posts or DMs from one instance to another discourages Twitter blue-check types. What if your instance is blocked by others (as this guide briefly mentions)? What if your instance shuts down?[1] What if you change jobs? (I think the last is why we haven't seen CNN or BBC or Yale create an instance and its people start using it.)
[1] Such as the recent spectacular implosion of mastodon.lol after its owner got horribly abused by members over Hogwarts Legacy. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34748195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34748195>
- rolenthedeep 4y agoPart of the culture of mastodon is that most people consider posts to be ephemeral. There's built in (default off) tools that automatically delete posts after X time unless they meet conditions like Y boosts or Z favorites. I was on .lol and switched servers the same day. My daily experience hasn't changed one tiny bit. I'm a little bummed about losing the "good" posts, but reposting them on the new server is a good way to build engagement in a new place anyway. As always, the counter argument to this is that "influencers" should be running their own instance, and not freeloading on someone else's server to run their business. Many, many people run single-user instances on an rpi, and there's services out there that will manage larger servers for you. We're back to the first days of the cloud: It's just someone else's computer. If you want guarantees, you have to use your own computer.