How should you handle migrating Mastodon instances? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by gortbrown to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I have been a member of my current Mastodon instance for a few years now, and I absolutely love the community there. But recently, I found a Firefish instance that I am thinking of maybe switching over to, because I like Firefish so far, and the community there is also really awesome. I figure with migrating followers, I can still be a part of both communities from the new account (especially since I mainly stay in my following feed and don't really browse the local feed.)

I'm still holding off on migrating for a bit until the honeymoon phase wears off, but if I do end up doing it, is there anything I need to/should do beyond just going through the migration process and transferring the data over? Like is there some sort of courtesy post I should make on my Mastodon instance saying I am moving over? Or am I just overthinking everything?

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[-] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 5 points 1 year ago

If you're a big player on your instance it may be courteous to make a goodbye post, but I think you're probably just free to go. While most public instances like to have more members to some extent (including me, as a Lemmy instance admin), the largest plus of federation is it's cool for people to shift around, the content will still spread.

[-] gortbrown 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's what I like about federation! I don't feel like I'm just abandoning the people I know to move platforms. But yeah, I'm definitely not a big player by any means, so I should be good just switching. Thanks!

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