Reminder that "sometime not long after December 15th", the botsin.space server, a home to many of your favorite creative bots, will be entering a read-only mode, before its planned shutdown.
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Reminder that "sometime not long after December 15th", the botsin.space server, a home to many of your favorite creative bots, will be entering a read-only mode, before its planned shutdown.
(The server will run until at least March 2025.)
https://botwiki.org/blog/botsin-space-server-closing-down/
Hope most of you bot admins managed to migrate by now!
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@stefan yep, already did!
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@guigui Nice! Hope it went smooth for you!
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I wrote about my own experience earlier. Happy to give folks who might need help with the process some pointers!
Migrating 50+ accounts across the fediverse | Stefan Bohacek
Moving more than 50 creative bots to my own server is not as hard as it sounds!
(stefanbohacek.com)
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@stefan had to rewrite parts of the codebase to account for the switch from mastodon to gotosocial, but i had the code separated between the gameplay and the interfacing with mastodon already so i didn't have to rewrite everything
(so yeah, Feditris is now at @feditris, i don't know who to ask to update the botwiki page
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For folks who are still looking for a new server, here's a few options:
Resources for Fediverse bots | Botwiki
Tutorials, libraries, frameworks, and other resources for making bots for GNU Social networks, like Mastodon.
(botwiki.org)
(See the "Servers for bots" section.)
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@guigui Yeah, sounds like the same problem I had, but I chose to be a bit lazy and just moved my bots to my personal server. Seems to be working out well though!
And coincidentally, I run that site, so I went ahead and updated the link!
The bot looks great on GTS, by the way!
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@stefan thank you!!
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@guigui My pleasure!
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Becca 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🇸🇩 🇵🇸replied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan many of the ones I follow haven't yet migrated... But when they do, will they keep their audience?
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Becca 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🇸🇩 🇵🇸 last edited by
@rebeccafinn Yes, Mastodon will automatically move all the followers!
Well, the process is not perfect.
Comparing @southpoleviews and @[email protected], the original account still has 321 followers
Sometimes it takes a bit longer for the migration to complete, some accounts/servers become dormant, and there's also a chance that the some followers might be blocking the server you're migrating to.
Oh the joys of decentralized social media!
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@stefan @rebeccafinn @[email protected] @[email protected] my follow was successful moved
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@slothrop @rebeccafinn Nice!
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