jae

so, the mastodon instance i'm on (cybre.space) is going read-only at the end of the month¹ and, while i don't use mastodon that much, i would like to migrate over to a new instance.

i realize asking this might be kicking the hornet's nest but: do any of y'all have suggestions on other instances i should be looking at? most of the ones that have been suggested so far are closed to new registration without invites

this is not coming as a surprise, it was announced months ago, but i've been procrastinating migration b/c i've been a bit busy

jae @jkap12/17/2022, 4:26 AM

working on getting setup on octodon.social

https://octodon.social/@jkap

i'm running into trouble getting migrated over from my old account. i've got it setup as an alias, but it's still not letting me start the process from cybre.space. is this just something i have to wait to have go through the network??? there is very little documentation here for something that is presumably core to the theory of "federation works because if your instance shuts down you can go to a different one"

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Jessica @ticky12/16/2022, 5:31 PM

I can invite you to octodon.social if you like

philosophy major (derogatory (reclamative))@nullpat12/16/2022, 6:29 PM

I've had a basically-inactive account on octodon for over 5 years now so at least they seem to be sticking around :yeah:

"likutim guy"@Ain-Elah-12/16/2022, 6:34 PM

yeah, i started on octodon five years ago, moved to cybre dot space, then moved back to octodon when they announced the shutdown. admin over there seems pretty good.

phil.@stoppableforce12/16/2022, 5:32 PM

I'm running one of those 'closed to new registration without invites' servers but if you want to signup I'd happily send you an invite to awaymessage.club

iliana @iliana12/16/2022, 5:38 PM

i think i can generate an invite for icosahedron.website; i moved there because it seemed stable (in the sense that the admin would not suddenly decide to power trip and cut off access to another instance i care about)

also they patched out one of my least favorite mastodon v4 frontend changes which i am pleased with

Super Mario Bros. Movie (1993) apologist @outrider12/16/2022, 6:20 PM

I can vouch for icosa, halcy is good folk

ChanceNCounter @ChanceNCounter12/16/2022, 5:38 PM

Hachyderm.io seems nice so far and it’s full of queer-friendly techfolk.

Just Another Apocryphal Mess @apocryphalmess12/16/2022, 5:39 PM

Heard good things about https://hachyderm.io , and I think registrations are open? It's tech and queer and lefty and the person who runs it is very cool. It's probably what I'd be using if Cohost didn't exist.

I run a single-person Mastodon instance for someone and honestly, I do not recommend it unless you have specific needs (like they do).

carly ann smallbird @veryroundbird12/16/2022, 5:44 PM

I was also on cybre.space (pour one out!); I liked hachyderm.io although it got REALLY big so I migrated to assemblag.es which has also been super nice vibe-wise and was pretty fast to get me an invite when I applied for one (also I can generate invites apparently)

RUINS @futureruins12/16/2022, 5:49 PM

I'm in a super small instance called gamemaking.tools, admin is super nice and it's got pink graphics. 10/10

@lexi12/16/2022, 5:49 PM

im not a big mastodon user but a friend of mine hosts https://catcatnya.com. the domain is pretty good and thats pretty much all i care about lol

PinballsWizard @pinball12/16/2022, 5:57 PM

i've been hosting my own and i am not enamored with the software, so i don't have any good recommendations of existing instances, but given you're busy with website here if you wanted to avoid any weird power imbalance issues or your instance going away again you might try a managed hosting provider for your own single user (or small assc-member only?) instance

Ackart @Ackart12/16/2022, 6:04 PM

Somehow the account I made on Mastadon.social has survived since 2018 while all others seem to have vanished to I’ll probably stick with that one due to inertia more than anything else

Misty @dog12/16/2022, 10:11 PM

I might be biased but I think I do a pretty okay job running digipres.club

Lacey 🐇@SenshellShark12/16/2022, 11:12 PM

Meow.social is a decent furry based one, has a lot of decent filters for how it federates with others. I can give you an invite

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Coan @Coan12/17/2022, 5:18 AM

Pretty sure I had a similar problem moving to a small instance off .social and fixed it by following myself from the old .social account account, which is probably some quirk of federation not knowing that my new account or that server even exists.

Wailing_Oboli @Obol12/17/2022, 11:27 AM

Part of the problem may be with Cybre itself. The export function is broken at this point, and I wouldn't be surprised if that extends to other parts of the site.

Tom Bop @slybebop12/17/2022, 12:14 PM

I think there is a large influx of new users coming in right now, meaning the migration process might be slower than usual, especially in your case with plenty of people from your instace migrating around the same time! :)

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