If you're helping people sign up on here, that's great!
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Yes, it is! I was just about to post a follow-on to the post telling people how to move an account while keeping their followers
There's a non-technical step-by-step guide to transferring your account at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
I know it seems scarily long but each step is very simple. I've written it that long to make each step as easy as possible. Also following this guide moves lots of other stuff too including bookmarks, account blocks etc.
@FediTips the only reason use the official instance is because I didn't understand how the platform worked and I was worried that it wouldn't be active on other instances but now seeing how many other instances and even personal instances show up on my feed i might do that I just don't feel like dealing with moderating myself is there a easy way to defederate with the not good instances automatically
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If you're helping people sign up on here, that's great!
However, I'd strongly suggest not signing up on the mastodon.social server. It's way way too large and that's dangerous (here's why https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server).
I know some find choice overwhelming, so if you just want one general long-established very busy server https://mas.to is a better option for example.
There are also lots of other good servers listed at https://fedi.garden and https://joinmastodon.org/servers
p.s. If you're already on mastodon.social, you can move to a different server.
If you only just signed up and have no or very few followers, easiest option is probably to sign up on another server and forget about your mastodon.social account.
if you've already got a significant number of followers and you want to keep them, you can move your account to another server using the transfer process. There's a non-technical step-by-step guide to moving your account here: https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
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@FediTips the only reason use the official instance is because I didn't understand how the platform worked and I was worried that it wouldn't be active on other instances but now seeing how many other instances and even personal instances show up on my feed i might do that I just don't feel like dealing with moderating myself is there a easy way to defederate with the not good instances automatically
@wintervoid01@mastodon.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services if you migrate to a good instance they should already have defederated all of the bad instances, so you don't need to worry
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@wintervoid01@mastodon.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services if you migrate to a good instance they should already have defederated all of the bad instances, so you don't need to worry
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@FediTips the only reason use the official instance is because I didn't understand how the platform worked and I was worried that it wouldn't be active on other instances but now seeing how many other instances and even personal instances show up on my feed i might do that I just don't feel like dealing with moderating myself is there a easy way to defederate with the not good instances automatically
Totally get that, and the official Mastodon app implies this by pushing mastodon.social on its front page too (which they shouldn't do).
You don't need to moderate if you're on another server. Other servers work exactly like mastodon.social, they have their own moderators. There's nothing special about mastodon.social except that it's way too overcrowded.
Admins on servers can easily defederate bad instances by using ready-made blocklists: https://fedi.tips/importing-ready-made-server-blocklists-on-mastodon/
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Totally get that, and the official Mastodon app implies this by pushing mastodon.social on its front page too (which they shouldn't do).
You don't need to moderate if you're on another server. Other servers work exactly like mastodon.social, they have their own moderators. There's nothing special about mastodon.social except that it's way too overcrowded.
Admins on servers can easily defederate bad instances by using ready-made blocklists: https://fedi.tips/importing-ready-made-server-blocklists-on-mastodon/
@FediTips also any tips on making your website more user friendly? When I was switching to fedi stuff I used it but it's kind of hard to navigate
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If you're running a personal server and you keep sign-ups closed, then there wouldn't be much moderation as you would be the only person on the server.
The only stuff you would see showing up on your server is whatever you choose to follow, plus whatever they share (and also whatever relays you connect to if you want to, but relays are optional).
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@FediTips also any tips on making your website more user friendly? When I was switching to fedi stuff I used it but it's kind of hard to navigate
There are alternative web front ends people can use such as https://phanpy.social and https://elk.zone
These work with any server that runs on Mastodon or supports the Mastodon API.
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If you're running a personal server and you keep sign-ups closed, then there wouldn't be much moderation as you would be the only person on the server.
The only stuff you would see showing up on your server is whatever you choose to follow, plus whatever they share (and also whatever relays you connect to if you want to, but relays are optional).
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I run a website at https://fedi.garden that recommends instances, and the official Mastodon list is at https://joinmastodon.org/servers
These two sites are good because they have certain requirements for being listed (https://fedi.garden/about-this-site and https://joinmastodon.org/covenant).
There are also other sites with much bigger selections of servers, but they usually don't have requirements so they're more dangerous to rely on.
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p.s. If you're already on mastodon.social, you can move to a different server.
If you only just signed up and have no or very few followers, easiest option is probably to sign up on another server and forget about your mastodon.social account.
if you've already got a significant number of followers and you want to keep them, you can move your account to another server using the transfer process. There's a non-technical step-by-step guide to moving your account here: https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
p.p.s. For people wondering why mas.to is better option than mastodon.social, here are some figures:
mastodon.social currently has ~20% of active Fediverse accounts
mas.to currently has ~1% of active Fediverse accounts
Mastodon.social is just so much larger than other servers and keeps growing, it is putting the network itself in danger.
I totally get the idea of having a single suggested server, but we need to regularly rotate which single server is suggested so we spread growth out.
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p.p.s. For people wondering why mas.to is better option than mastodon.social, here are some figures:
mastodon.social currently has ~20% of active Fediverse accounts
mas.to currently has ~1% of active Fediverse accounts
Mastodon.social is just so much larger than other servers and keeps growing, it is putting the network itself in danger.
I totally get the idea of having a single suggested server, but we need to regularly rotate which single server is suggested so we spread growth out.
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Run a new theme every month to highlight the diversity hereI run an account at @FediGarden and a website at https://fedi.garden to highlight good well-run smaller and medium-sized servers that people can join
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p.p.s. For people wondering why mas.to is better option than mastodon.social, here are some figures:
mastodon.social currently has ~20% of active Fediverse accounts
mas.to currently has ~1% of active Fediverse accounts
Mastodon.social is just so much larger than other servers and keeps growing, it is putting the network itself in danger.
I totally get the idea of having a single suggested server, but we need to regularly rotate which single server is suggested so we spread growth out.
@FediTips How is mastodon.online holding up?
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@FediTips How is mastodon.online holding up?
It's the same owners so I'd suggest leaving there too. The danger is from the common ownership with mastodon.social.
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p.s. If you're already on mastodon.social, you can move to a different server.
If you only just signed up and have no or very few followers, easiest option is probably to sign up on another server and forget about your mastodon.social account.
if you've already got a significant number of followers and you want to keep them, you can move your account to another server using the transfer process. There's a non-technical step-by-step guide to moving your account here: https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
@FediTips I did this not long ago and it worked smoothly
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@FediTips I did this not long ago and it worked smoothly
Woo, brilliant to hear! 🥳
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p.p.s. For people wondering why mas.to is better option than mastodon.social, here are some figures:
mastodon.social currently has ~20% of active Fediverse accounts
mas.to currently has ~1% of active Fediverse accounts
Mastodon.social is just so much larger than other servers and keeps growing, it is putting the network itself in danger.
I totally get the idea of having a single suggested server, but we need to regularly rotate which single server is suggested so we spread growth out.
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So how do I carry over my follow list? It's like 150 people. -
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So how do I carry over my follow list? It's like 150 people.@FediTips
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That's people I follow.That's covered in steps 5 and 6 of the transfer guide:
https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/
