To all you lovely folks still on mastodon.social - I don't know if you're aware, but your instance is being swarmed with spam accounts and bots.
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To all you lovely folks still on mastodon.social - I don't know if you're aware, but your instance is being swarmed with spam accounts and bots. Lots of instances and people are defederating/blocking because of it. You might want to consider having a look at switching instances.
Edit - a few people have been worried they'd have to start all over again on a new instance but that is NOT THE CASE! (hurrah!)
You can easily move over all of your following/followers/lists! Simply set up a new account then transfer everything over. The only thing you'll lose is your old toots (and who needs them anyway - that was the old you!).
Here's a link to help - https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/
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usually brumphreplied to CucumBen :bc: on last edited by
@TheBreadmonkey Yes, I moved just yesterday and it didn't hurt a bit. I am also completely fine, which considering what I was like before is quite a surprise.
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CucumBen :bc:replied to usually brumph on last edited by
How I felt moving instances....
Ben :bc: (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 video @[email protected] How I felt last time I moved instance
beige.party (beige.party)
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SpaceLifeFormreplied to CucumBen :bc: on last edited by
And yet some would rather whine than move.
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steve mookie kongreplied to CucumBen :bc: on last edited by
@TheBreadmonkey @gikiski Another option is to self-host your own instance or even use https://masto.host for a managed instance.
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@TheBreadmonkey
Big tip from someone who's moved Instances a few times now ....
Take the time to write down the hashtags you follow and a master list of all your Filter words because they do not transfer to the new instance and you will have manually enter them again. Unless they changed things since this spring. -
BeAware :fediverse:replied to steve mookie kong on last edited by
@mookie @TheBreadmonkey @gikiski it should be noted that Elest.io is a bit higher on the price, but has more flexibility when it comes to customizing things, it's also labeled as "managed" though.
There's also toot.io. https://toot.io/pricing.html
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@TheBreadmonkey Something I’ve been having a hard time understanding: I see posts like this, and indeed I have had the “shadow banned” experience with my mastodon.social account. However, sometimes I happen to see the same post in each of my feeds (mastodon.social, here on hci.social, and on a small friends-only hometown server) and I can see way more of the replies from the mastodon.social feed. So it seems like the defederation/blocking problem is even worse everywhere else?
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@TheBreadmonkey To phrase this as a specific question: is there a way to see if a specific account/server has me(/my server) blocked? It seems like it would be easier to server-shop if so.
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I'm sure I saw someone do this a while back. I imagine the admins or FediTips could probably help.
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@TheBreadmonkey Great Alt text
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@TheBreadmonkey @lea For servers, you can see their blocklist on their about page if they have published it.