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Dr. Quadragon ❌

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27 Mar 2023 at 10:40 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.ml
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Johannes Ernst

@drq that tends to be difficult in practice, if we are talking moving data from one app to another app (not just one app instance to an instance of the same app somewhere else). Which did you have in mind there?

27 Mar 2023 at 15:26 | Open on social.coop
Dr. Quadragon ❌

@J12t Of course, real world restrictions must apply, and migration must be between two same (Mastodon <-> Mastodon) or similar (Mastodon <-> Pleroma) engine instances.

Whatever the case, there MUST be a possibility for some kind of mobility beyond the simple contact list migration. Because some people are actually invested in thoughts and materials (a.k.a "content") they've put out over the years. And if they want to pack up and leave - for example, from a dying instance, they must be able to do it.

Your materials don't have to share your instance's fate.

@J12t Of course, real world restrictions must apply, and migration must be between two same (Mastodon <-> Mastodon) or similar (Mastodon <-> Pleroma) engine instances.

Whatever the case, there MUST be a possibility for some kind of mobility beyond the simple contact list migration. Because some people are actually invested in thoughts and materials (a.k.a "content") they've put out over the years. And if they want to pack up and leave - for example, from a dying instance, they must be able to do it.

27 Mar 2023 at 15:30 | Open on mastodon.ml
Johannes Ernst

@drq if you “only” want full data migration between instances of the same app, isn’t that simply an app feature then, like a mastodon feature or lack thereof, rather than a fediverse feature?

27 Mar 2023 at 15:36 | Open on social.coop
Dr. Quadragon ❌

@J12t That's what we need to find out, I guess.

Zot network has no problem with nomadic identity. But that's probably because the only engine on there meaningfully is Hubzilla, AFAIK.

27 Mar 2023 at 15:37 | Open on mastodon.ml
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