mastodon.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit

Administered by:

Server stats:

373K
active users

To migrate to a new :

1. Find a new server.

You can either use this great by @TheKinrar to help you choose:
instances.social

Or the official tool (with a limited selection):
joinmastodon.org/servers

2. Create a profile on the new

3. Next, redirect both to each other:
.../settings/migration (Move.../Moving...)

4. You can optionally choose to export & import your data: .../settings/export

@newstephie @Benaresh

instances.socialMastodon instances

@madeindex @TheKinrar @Benaresh This is all ridiculously complex & unnecessary.... 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

@newstephie

is pretty customizable to offer people many choices not usually available to users on other platforms. More choices also means more complexity ;)

Like on other platforms, you can also choose to simply make a new on another .

A lot depends on your reason for moving :)

Stephie

@madeindex This is already my second account, after starting from scratch.... I really don't have the inclination to do it all again - sorry.... 😥😥😥