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sharoz

The Myth of Account Portability on Mastodon

I've heard countless times that if you don't like how your Mastodon server is run, you can just move to a new one. Well, I tested it, and that is simply not true!

While Twitter locks you in with a proprietary protocol, Mastodon locks you in with a messy UX, incomplete functionality, and the myth of "you can just move".

Here's a thread looking at why I moved, what I did, and how it went.

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