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Post #3209928

2023-02-09 21:14 UTC

So @nathan@mastodon.lol's decision to shut down mastodon.lol stems from an argument in this thread. Things escalated. And now 18K Mastodon users will need to migrate their accounts. This isn't fun -- but at least you can migrate 😒 https://mastodon.lol/@nathan/109836160938512009

Replies (9)

  • @atomicpoet@mastodon.social 2023-02-09 21:31

    Hey instance admins, now is the time to tell people that your community is open for migration! Please give mastodon.lol users a new home!

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  • @atomicpoet@mastodon.social @nathan@mastodon.lol This is really bad timing as many refugees are finally leaving Twitter for the fediverse. Is it not possible to transfer the instance/server to another admin?

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  • @atomicpoet@mastodon.social @nathan@mastodon.lol yeah not great way to handle confrontation but also seems from that little bit people were being shitty and posting spoilers just in spite of Rowling and those who would be playing the game? That’s BS too and real immature.

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  • @mayor@smugglersbbs.com 2023-02-09 21:28

    @atomicpoet@mastodon.social @nathan@mastodon.lol @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social come over to SMUGglers!

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  • @mawhrin@circumstances.run 2023-02-09 21:29

    @atomicpoet@mastodon.social …just shows that larger instances should really seek better models of governance than an enlightened despot, because that one almost always fails in the end.

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  • @lamp@mastodong.lol 2023-02-09 21:51

    @atomicpoet@mastodon.social :(

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  • @burningbird@mastodon.social 2023-02-09 21:55

    @atomicpoet@mastodon.social @nathan@mastodon.lol I glanced through the thread. Wow, it was ugly. As ugly or more so than anything I've seen on Twitter. I actually ended up blocking _domains_ because of that thread.

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  • @pjfasano@nova.community 2023-02-09 22:19

    @atomicpoet@mastodon.social For all the discussion about how (corporate) social media operates on the backs of underpaid moderators reviewing an unending firehose of vile content, it certainly seems like the federated version just moves that firehose to goodwilled people who (without profit motive) decide to run an instance. @nathan@mastodon.lol

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  • @maegul@mas.to 2023-02-10 05:33

    @atomicpoet@mastodon.social @nathan@mastodon.lol Drama is going to happen, and migration is obviously a thing here, but to me this emphasises the value in making migrations as easy as possible, ideally more complete than they are now (with all of your history etc), and ideally, IMO, if possible, making an account a more portable and less instance-bound entity on the #Fediverse. In any true real-world federation, freedom of movement is fundamental. Being instance bound is closer to feudalism.

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