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🦣 Stegodon <a href="https://github.com/deemkeen/stegodon/releases/tag/v1.8.0" rel="nofollow">v1.8.0</a> is here! This release upgrades to Charm v2 and fixes annoying text glitches for a smoother SSH experience. Ready to toot from your terminal? <a href="/tags/stegodon/" rel="tag">#stegodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/tui/" rel="tag">#tui</a> <a href="/tags/golang/" rel="tag">#golang</a>

<p>In case you missed it, I&#x27;ve reformatted the Fedi.Garden website so that it is as simple and easy as possible to sign up on a server that is well-run and reliable. If you know someone interested in the Fediverse, this might be a good way for them to sign up:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.garden" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedi.garden</a></p><p>(Sorry to repeat this announcement, but last time I posted about it my hosting company decided to unexpectedly update its software and totally break the site 😖 Fedi.Garden is now working properly!)</p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>

<p>After reading about a major <a href="/tags/funkwhale/" rel="tag">#Funkwhale</a> instance shutting down, I&#x27;m wondering whether I should keep my podcast on open.audio.</p><p><a href="https://blog.liberta.vip/libertadmin/its-over-for-liberta-audio" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.liberta.vip/libertadmin/its-over-for-liberta-audio"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.liberta.vip/libertadmin/i</span><span class="invisible">ts-over-for-liberta-audio</span></a></p><p>However, the idea of an audio app that uses <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> to be part of the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> is excellent.</p><p>Any suggestions on where to host a <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a>?</p><p>P. S. I just discovered <span class="h-card"><a href="https://podlibre.social/@Castopod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Castopod</span></a></span> , an alternative to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.funkwhale.audio/@funkwhale" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>funkwhale</span></a></span> </p><p>I want to inspect which one is more stable, and if there are good servers as well. Feedback welcome!</p>

<p>The new version of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mastowatch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mastowatch</span></a></span> is in <a href="/tags/testflight/" rel="tag">#Testflight</a>! </p><p>The navigation scheme for the app has been totally rebuilt and feels *awesome* in iOS 26. The prior version immediately feels ancient by comparison. </p><p>This version also includes maybe the most requested feature ever, iCloud syncing for favorites! History is still stored on your device but favorites should sync to any device running the new version. </p><p><a href="/tags/ios26/" rel="tag">#iOS26</a> <a href="/tags/swiftui/" rel="tag">#SwiftUI</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a></p><p>Join the beta: <a href="https://testflight.apple.com/join/FlIkWPVa" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="testflight.apple.com/join/FlIkWPVa"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">testflight.apple.com/join/FlIk</span><span class="invisible">WPVa</span></a></p>

<p>We&#x27;re excited to share an update on <a href="/tags/fedify/" rel="tag">#Fedify</a>&#x27;s development! While we&#x27;re actively working on Fedify 1.9 in the main branch, we&#x27;ve also begun preparations for Fedify 2.0 in the next branch.</p><p>Before you get too excited about revolutionary new features, we want to set clear expectations: Fedify 2.0 will primarily focus on cleaning up technical debt that we couldn&#x27;t address due to backward compatibility constraints. This means removing deprecated APIs and making breaking changes that will ultimately result in a cleaner, more maintainable codebase. Think of it as a major housekeeping release—necessary work that will make Fedify better in the long run.</p><p>Some of the planned improvements include adding <a href="https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/419" rel="nofollow">readonly modifiers throughout our types and interfaces</a> to better enforce our immutability-by-default principle, implementing our own <a href="https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/418" rel="nofollow">RFC 6570 URI Template library</a> for symmetric expansion and pattern matching, and various <a href="https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/414" rel="nofollow">CLI tool migrations</a> to our new <a href="https://optique.dev/" rel="nofollow">Optique</a> framework for better cross-runtime support. While the majority of changes will be about refinement rather than revolution, these updates will strengthen Fedify&#x27;s foundation and improve interoperability across the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>. You can track all planned changes in detail by checking out the <a href="https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/milestone/3" rel="nofollow">Fedify 2.0 milestone</a> on our GitHub repository.</p><p><a href="/tags/fedify2/" rel="tag">#Fedify2</a> <a href="/tags/fedidev/" rel="tag">#fedidev</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a></p>

<p>How do you all navigate the fediverse?<br><br>Im currently using GoToSocial with Phanpy at the moment.<br><br><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>

<p>Exquisite.social is a delightful general Glitch Mastodon server, with a slight focus on technology, privacy and *BSD. We are here to play and make friends in a supportive atmosphere.</p><p>This server has a post size of up to 1250 characters.</p><p><img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://exquisite.social" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>exquisite.social</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://exquisite.social/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>exquisite.social/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://exquisite.social/@exquisite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>exquisite</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/bsd/" rel="tag">#BSD</a> <a href="/tags/glitch/" rel="tag">#Glitch</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/glitchmastodon/" rel="tag">#GlitchMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p>Yesterday morning I was flipping through my Mastodon timeline via Flipboard and I saw a post from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://threads.net/@gtconway3/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gtconway3</span></a></span>.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tchambers</span></a></span> had boosted George&#x27;s post using whatever app Tim likes to use to these days (I suspect <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@phanpy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phanpy</span></a></span> though it could just as easily have been the native Mastodon app, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://moth.social/@mammoth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mammoth</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://tapbots.social/@ivory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ivory</span></a></span>, or <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@IceCubesApp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>IceCubesApp</span></a></span>)</p><p>I tapped on George&#x27;s profile and saw he was posting from <a href="/tags/threads/" rel="tag">#Threads</a>. I tapped the follow button and now I see his latest posts in Mastodon and Flipboard.</p><p>There&#x27;s a whole new array of apps, people and posts in the fediverse and it all just works. It&#x27;s wonderful. </p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> FTW.</p>

<p>There&#x27;s a renewed conversation around the lack of options for migrating post history when you move to a new Mastodon server.</p><p>And seeing a few people mentioning how this can be a reason for folks to give up on the fediverse when their server shuts down, I hope the Mastodon team will prioritize this.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i</span><span class="invisible">ssues/12423</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastodondev/" rel="tag">#MastodonDev</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a></p>

<p>How to use Really Simple Licensing (RSL) to block all AI crawlers</p><p><a href="https://rslstandard.org" rel="nofollow">RSL</a> is a new initiative by a group of big internet publishers that seeks to define the conditions under which AI crawlers can harvest their content. <a href="https://rslstandard.org/guide/what-is-rsl" rel="nofollow">Their guide</a> describes the various ways the content can be made available, including for free or a paid royalty but only by digging deeper into their reference material was I able to figure out how to prohibit all usage.</p><p>Your robots.txt needs to link to a XML file, like this:</p><p>License: <a href="https://your-domain.tld/rsl.xml" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>your-domain.tld/rsl.xml</a></p><p>Then in that file you want this:</p><p>&lt;rsl xmlns=&quot;<a href="https://rslstandard.org/rsl" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>rslstandard.org/rsl</a>&quot;&gt; &lt;content url=&quot;/&quot; server=&quot;<a href="https://rslcollective.org/api" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>rslcollective.org/api</a>&quot;&gt; &lt;license&gt; &lt;prohibits type=&quot;usage&quot;&gt;all&lt;/prohibits&gt; &lt;/license&gt; &lt;/content&gt;&lt;/rsl&gt;</p><p>That’s it.</p><p>If you want to be more liberal you could change the &lt;prohibits&gt; line to </p><p>&lt;permits type=&quot;usage&quot;&gt;search&lt;/permits&gt;</p><p>That will let them use the content for search, which is probably quite similar to what traditional search engines do. <a href="https://rslstandard.org/rsl#element-permits" rel="nofollow">More details in their reference docs</a>.</p><p>Optionally to dispel any plausible deniability you can also add a link to rsl.xml as a Link header in every HTTP response.</p><p>Link: &lt;<a href="https://example.com/rsl.xml" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>example.com/rsl.xml</a>&gt;; rel=&quot;license&quot;; type=&quot;application/rsl+xml&quot;</p><p>It’s still too early to say whether AI crawlers will respect the terms of the license any publishers specify, it’ll probably take a court case or two to sort that out. </p><p><a href="https://crust.piefed.social/rsl.xml" rel="nofollow">PieFed has added RSL</a> to it’s code just now. Instance admins who wish to disable RSL can set the ALLOW_AI_CRAWLERS environment variable to anything.</p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/licensing/" rel="tag">#licensing</a> <a href="/tags/piefed/" rel="tag">#piefed</a> <a href="/tags/rsl/" rel="tag">#rsl</a></p>

<p>Thinking about building “<a href="/tags/fedify/" rel="tag">#Fedify</a> Studio” (tentative name)—a web-based <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> debugging &amp; development toolkit, like a supercharged version of ActivityPub.Academy and fedify inbox command. Imagine having a proper UI for testing activities, inspecting actors, debugging federation issues… Would this be useful for other ActivityPub developers out there?</p><p><a href="/tags/fedidev/" rel="tag">#fedidev</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>

<p>Sunny.garden is a Mastodon server for indie creators who draw, paint, sculpt, write, design, program, play, sing or build, and anyone else who thinks that sounds like a nice place to be.</p><p>This server has a post size of up to 1500 characters.</p><p><img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://sunny.garden" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>sunny.garden</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://sunny.garden/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>sunny.garden/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sunny.garden/@brook" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brook</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/creatives/" rel="tag">#Creatives</a> <a href="/tags/creative/" rel="tag">#Creative</a> <a href="/tags/artists/" rel="tag">#Artists</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a> <a href="/tags/design/" rel="tag">#Design</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p>Instapix.org is a general purpose Pixelfed server for photos, images and videos, with the main languages being English and German.</p><p><img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://instapix.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>instapix.org</a></p><p>You can find out more on the <a href="https://instapix.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>instapix.org</a> website by clicking the &quot;About&quot; tab.</p><p>Instapix.org is run by the Fediverse Foundation, the same people who host climatejustice.social and many other good servers. More info at <a href="https://fediverse.foundation/en/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fediverse.foundation/en/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#Pixelfed</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a> <a href="/tags/deutsch/" rel="tag">#Deutsch</a></p>

<p>When a big corpo social media CEO says &quot;we are different, we are good and perfect&quot; mostly I don&#x27;t buy it for a second</p><p>They are just another one in the big line of corpo greed over user data</p><p>One of the few that can really say they are different are we from the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> </p><p>Not 1 voice from a overpaid CEO but thousands of voices from all different admins, mods and users</p><p>There is no perfect platform but there are different platforms</p>

<p>Do you want help with using Mastodon or the wider Fediverse?</p><p>You can ask questions by replying or messaging, and I&#x27;ll try to find you some answers 🙂 </p><p>Don&#x27;t worry if a question seems simple, there is no such thing as a stupid question.</p><p>If you prefer to look stuff up yourself, there is lots of help for using Mastodon and the Fediverse on the website at <a href="https://fedi.tips" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedi.tips</a> (new people might especially like the &quot;Quick Start&quot; section at the top).</p><p><a href="/tags/feditips/" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/loops/" rel="tag">#Loops</a> has entered <a href="/tags/beta/" rel="tag">#beta</a> with <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> support, allowing users to connect with creators across the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>. This means users can follow and interact with creators on platforms like <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> and <a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#Pixelfed</a>, and vice versa. Loops has implemented several technical features to ensure smooth federation, including a shared inbox, HTTP signatures, and smart content representation. <a href="https://blog.joinloops.org/loops-joins-the-fediverse/?Fedizen.EU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.joinloops.org/loops-joins-the-fediverse/?Fedizen.EU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.joinloops.org/loops-joins</span><span class="invisible">-the-fediverse/?Fedizen.EU</span></a> <a href="/tags/fedizen/" rel="tag">#Fedizen</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/welcome/" rel="tag">#welcome</a> <a href="/tags/welcometofedi/" rel="tag">#welcomeToFedi</a></p>

<p>Hypothetically speaking, if <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> wins the next presidential elections, would his team use <a href="/tags/threads/" rel="tag">#Threads</a> and so the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> to make his political tweets but on the fediverse?</p>

<p>Just wanted to run a quick experiment over the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> :</p><p>I have this <a href="/tags/metal/" rel="tag">#Metal</a> instrumental of mine laying around, recorded exclusively with <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> , btw.</p><p>However, having myself a total lack of voice talent, I would love to hear someone recording their vocals over it instead and see the results, just for fun!</p><p>Are musical collaborations are already a thing on the fediverse? If not, I want to see them happen!</p><p>Please boost if you are interested or know someone who would be</p><p>License: CC-BY-SA 4.0</p>

<p>I&#x27;m federated! Thanks <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Flipboard</span></a></span> <br>I am delighted to be part of this journey! <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>

<p>Fediverse Report 138 - this week&#x27;s <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> news</p><p>- a closer look at the Tumblr-like platform Wafrn, which connects to both <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a> and <a href="/tags/atproto/" rel="tag">#atproto</a>. Their latest update allows people to migrate their <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#bluesky</a> account to wafrn, joining the fediverse while staying connected to their bluesky network<br>- <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pixelfed.social/loops" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>loops</span></a></span> is getting closer to joining the fediverse</p><p>Read at: <a href="https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-138/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-138/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">connectedplaces.online/reports</span><span class="invisible">/fediverse-report-138/</span></a></p>

<p>Ω🪬Ω<br><a href="/tags/fedialgo/" rel="tag">#FediAlgo</a> (the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed) v1.2.2 is deployed now. Has a switch that makes sure any <a href="/tags/hashtags/" rel="tag">#hashtags</a> / users / etc. that you follow are displayed as filter options even if they don&#x27;t meet the minimum number of recent toots threshold.</p><p>Also a bunch of bug fixes and small improvements.</p><p>* Try it here: <a href="https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fe</span><span class="invisible">dialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/</span></a><br>* Code: <a href="https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/f</span><span class="invisible">edialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed</span></a><br>* Video of FediAlgo in action (slightly outdated): <a href="https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universeodon.com/@cryptadamist</span><span class="invisible">/114395249311910522</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a> <a href="/tags/algorithm/" rel="tag">#algorithm</a> <a href="/tags/algorithmicfeed/" rel="tag">#algorithmicFeed</a> <a href="/tags/algorithmictimeline/" rel="tag">#algorithmicTimeline</a> <a href="/tags/fedi/" rel="tag">#Fedi</a> <a href="/tags/feditips/" rel="tag">#FediTips</a> <a href="/tags/feditools/" rel="tag">#FediTools</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/feed/" rel="tag">#Feed</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/gotosocial/" rel="tag">#GoToSocial</a> <a href="/tags/hashtag/" rel="tag">#hashtag</a> <a href="/tags/hashtags/" rel="tag">#hashtags</a> <a href="/tags/javascript/" rel="tag">#javascript</a> <a href="/tags/mastoadmin/" rel="tag">#MastoAdmin</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mastodonapi/" rel="tag">#MastodonApi</a> <a href="/tags/mastohelp/" rel="tag">#mastohelp</a> <a href="/tags/mastojs/" rel="tag">#mastojs</a> <a href="/tags/node/" rel="tag">#node</a> <a href="/tags/nodejs/" rel="tag">#nodejs</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#opensource</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/timeline/" rel="tag">#timeline</a> <a href="/tags/tl/" rel="tag">#TL</a> <a href="/tags/typescript/" rel="tag">#typescript</a> <a href="/tags/webdev/" rel="tag">#webdev</a></p>

<p>does anyone feel <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> lacks <a href="/tags/chat/" rel="tag">#chat</a> rooms ?<br>is there such thing?</p>

<p>I&#x27;ve migrated my <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> account twice. It was not a very complex process, and took me less than half an hour each time. And I took almost all of my followers with me automatically.</p><p>And if you are on Mastodon.social, I recommend that you should consider migrating your account, too. I don&#x27;t have anything personally against that instance, mind you. But it is _bad_ for the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> if there is any instance that has become &quot;too big to block&quot;. If the moderators struggle with keeping out bad actors - and I&#x27;ve heard that there is a problem with that over there - then admins of other instances have to face the difficult choice of either tolerating an instance with bad actors, or cutting off their own users from a huge chunk of the people they are connected with.</p><p>And each instance has their own safety needs. I mean, I wouldn&#x27;t want the strict enforcement of, say, Mastodon.art for my own instance, but I understand and can appreciate why their admins act as they do.</p><p>If you want to see the dangers of a &quot;top-heavy&quot; Fediverse, just look to <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a> . In theory, they are a federated system. But in practice, the vast majority of all users are concentrated on one system with one set of moderators so that their moderation sets the tone for Bluesky in its entirety - and their users have little choices but to accept that.</p><p>On the Fediverse, we have the chance to avoid that. And the more spread out the user base is, the better will the moderation be - it keeps everyone honest if users can easily leave to a different instance with better moderation.</p><p><a href="https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.tips/transferring-your-ma</span><span class="invisible">stodon-account-to-another-server/</span></a></p>