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I have sad news: mastodon.technology will be shutting down by the end of 2022. Access will be restricted no earlier than December 1. More details here: https://ashfurrow.com/blog/mastodon-technology-shutdown/ I encourage you to export your data and migrate to a new server as soon as possible. Thank you to everyone who trusted me as their admin. This was a difficult decision. I wish I could continue, but I can't. 159 comments
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@ashfurrow really sorry to hear about your family. mastodon.technology was my first fediverse server, a special thanks to you!  > I wish I had kept the instance much smaller To you, what would have been the ideal instance size when growth should have been stopped? @lutindiscret I'm not exactly sure. We have about a thousand weekly active users, which is wild. it's too much pressure, and puts a target on us. @ashfurrow I was meaning, if you could give a advice to someone wanting to start a new instance: would you recommend to close subscriptions one a certain number of users reached? If yes, what would be a good limit? @ashfurrow m.t was actually my first instance (mostly because distrotube uploaded a video about masto in 2018 and he happened to be on that instance at that time) @ashfurrow I'm sorry to hear this is happening. I wish you good luck for whatever it is that you shall continue to do from here :pinkiesad: :fluttersad:  @ashfurrow I’m sorry to hear this. Thank you for all your effort to keep everything up and running! Please take care of yourself and your family! 🙏🏼 @ashfurrow ah, that's too bad! I've enjoyed using your server. Your hard work has been noted, and appreciated (even if I've not told you so). Sad to see you go! @ashfurrow Thank you so much for your work, your time and for giving us such a great time! ❤️ Thanks for all the well wishes everyone. You've made this less difficult on me and I really appreciate it ❤️ I will stay on the fediverse at @ashfurrow@masto.ashfurrow.com , a single-user instance I set up with https://masto.host I encourage all local users to find or create an instance, and migrate to it using these docs: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/ All further announcements about the shutdown will come from @announcements. Thank you again 🙇 @ashfurrow@mastodon.technology @ashfurrow@masto.ashfurrow.com @announcements I'm having some trouble moving my followers so I've had to put a profile redirect on instead. There were only 3 dang nabbit it took me a long time to get those 3!? @flexsite profile migrations can take time. did you set up the alias on the new account to point to the old one, and then start the migration from your new account? @announcements Yes, the mastodon.technology server is saying that my the Alias does not exist on mastodon.social, even though it does @flexsite try removing the alias on m.s and re-adding it. can you post a screenshot of the alias UI? @ashfurrow@mastodon.technology @ashfurrow@masto.ashfurrow.com @announcements good luck and best wishes to your family during a tough time. @ashfurrow @ashfurrow@masto.ashfurrow.com @announcements this is heartbreaking. My best wishes for you. @ashfurrow My condolences. Thank you for all you've done. I migrated a while ago but I will always remember fondly the time I spent on your instance. @ashfurrow Sorry to hear it, but I understand. Thanks for all your work over the years, and I want to emphasize your point about the CoC - you've done a great job building a solid community and reducing the noise from bad actors. Best wishes to you and your family. @ashfurrow I'm glad you're making the space you need. ♥️ Thank you for all of your work running this server for so long. I moved to my own server earlier in the year, but mastodon.technology was was a great neighborhood to get comfortable with the fediverse in and I met a lot of great people here. @ashfurrow Very sad, and yet I'm grateful for your dedication and commitment to give us a space to enjoy the fediverse. Hope everything works out for you and your loved ones. Thank you!!!  @ashfurrow I think this is cool from the perspective that this is showcasing the opposite of the "walled garden" effect. @ashfurrow @ashfurrow sorry to hear that. Thank you for making my introduction into Mastodon a pleasant one. All the best.  @ashfurrow @ashfurrow thanks for all the fish. You have provided a great experience and have been very open. While the appreciation goes often unsaid by many we appreciate *you*. Take care. @ashfurrow Thank you for years of good service and a very stable instance. Best of luck with everything that life is currently throwing at you @ashfurrow I'm really proud of you as a human being for being able to set healthy boundaries. Your countless hours of volunteering created a space welcoming for a great many people. Your charge was not to be an admin forever, it was to pave the way and inspire others in the fediverse to do the same. I wish you and your family well. <3 @ashfurrow  @ashfurrow Wishing you and your family all the best, Ash. And thank you for running it for as long as you did. Needless to say, I concur that a small web of single tenant sites that can communicate with each other is the way forward. And we need lighter-weight, single tenant apps to make that happen :) Take care + lots of love 💕 |
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@ashfurrow Thanks for your kind communication! Is really helpful for all the admins that we may be through similar situations.
Many strength for you!