Gregory's ServerAs fosstodon is now invite-only, we've created an account at https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps to reach more people. FOSS should be available to anyone, right?
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@organicmaps Only registration is invite only. Anyone from other instances can view your account and follow you on their own instance. @organicmaps If you want to change your server, there should be an option to migrate while keeping all your followers. @skaphle The goal is to reach more people without barriers, is server change the only possible/the best solution? @organicmaps @skaphle I don't understand, is fosstodon blocked by some instances? If not, it shouldn't matter if it's invite-only because people can still easily follow (that's the whole idea of the Fediverse) @organicmaps @organicmaps ppl can still follow u from other instances even if fosstodon is invite only, it's not a bad thing to have an invite-only instance anyway I'm glad to hear that people are trying to care abt fediverse issues <3  @organicmaps Making the instance invite-only is a way to support decentralisation. You should be proud of your instance taking such a stance against growth for the sake of growth!  @organicmaps people from other instances are still able to follow your Fosstodon account, unless Fosstodon explicitly defederates from their instance. invite-only registration doesn't change that in any way.  @organicmaps mastodon.social is considered too big already. Maybe https://mapstodon.space from @jeremy would be an option worth considering.  @organicmaps no reason to move, it's ok that FOSS projects may need to clear some hurdles to make an account here but you're still just as visible across all of Mastodon @wilbr Good to know, thanks for the explanation. The web UI could be more friendly about following others instead of pasting links into the search field. @organicmaps yeah you can search for accounts inside your UI but finding another user via link and following them remotely is hard. Remote follow used to be a feature but it was really weird and didn't work very well @organicmaps Errrm we see you from the other istances/servers.  @organicmaps This is quite confusing for those following this account. Please either mark this account to the new instance or state the purpose of the second account. Limiting registration on an instance is not restricting anyone. People can still be invited and everyone can still see you outside a specific instance.  @organicmaps As others already stated: there is no need for you to create another account on another instance because your instance makes new accs invite-only. Additionally: there is a function in mastodon to move your existing account to another instance and take all your followers with you. And lastly: if you move your account to another instance please choose any other instance than the behemoth that has gotten too big for its own good and too big for a federated mastodon world in general.  @organicmaps |
@organicmaps I'm confused: don't you already have the fosstodon account?