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Account portability and the social web https://underlap.org/account-portability-in-the-social-web
I believe this is an important topic for the Fediverse. Please boost for visibility.
Thanks to @dottorblaster @jamesravey @hcj @mima @hirad @devnull for commenting on my earlier survey on this topic (https://fosstodon.org/@underlap/111617691764389915)
@underlap @dottorblaster @jamesravey @mima @hirad @devnull Great article, I know that #Firefish has the ability to import posts from @Mastodon
@underlap content migration has historically been a difficult problem to solve simply because all these companies and softwares operate in pseudo-competition with one another.
For example #nodebb can migrate posts from #phpBB #vBulletin etc., but it's all custom migrators.
Something as simple as a common format for data portability would go a long way towards ease of content migration.
I am not certain many users elect to use or not use platforms based on portability though.
@underlap great post! I also reblogged it and added a couple of thoughts :) https://fosstodon.org/@jamesravey@brainsteam.co.uk/111654492540367765