Brutkey

Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

Mastodon.social has no advantages over any other Mastodon server. It has no special status or privileges, it uses exactly the same software as other Mastodon servers.

In fact I'd strongly advise people
NOT to sign up on mastodon.social, here are the reasons why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server

TL:DR - It's far far too big, it's putting the entire decentralised nature of the Fediverse in danger.

If you want help choosing a good reliable server, have a look at
https://fedi.garden

#FediTips

Imbrium Photo
@imbrium_photography@mastodon.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Though you can't easily move to another instance if that instance has 'suspend' on mastodon.social ... and not all instances seem to publish their suspend/silence lists ...


Fedi.Tips
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services

@imbrium_photography@mastodon.social

Most instances don't suspend mastodon.social, but if they do the workaround is to move to a third server that federates with both, then from the third server to the one you want.

Imbrium Photo
@imbrium_photography@mastodon.social

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Thanks, I think I found that further down your move tips page, but I was a bit surprised by this stumbling block !
While I could do A->[C]->B I suspect it will be easier just to find an instance C that I like and do A->C ... and there are some accounts on mastodon.social that I follow and wouldn't be able to see on B ...