Gregory's ServerMy "position" on #Wildebeest — and really all #ActivityPub software — is as follows: If it lets you migrate your followers in and out, sure, give it a try; If it does not, you should be VERY wary of using it for your important accounts.
Wildebeest does not let you transfer your followers to/from it, ergo it should not be used, lest you find yourself locked-in to Cloudflare's ecosystem forever. Whether or not you like #Cloudflare is irrelevant, you should not tie your fediverse identity to any company permanently.
It's very frustrating for me to see even large ActivityPub implementations that have been around forever not implement follower migrations. Even #Pixelfed doesn't (although I hear that may be coming this year). Anyways... I asked them if they might implement it, but I don't exactly have my hopes up. https://github.com/cloudflare/wildebeest/issues/238
My "position" on #Wildebeest — and really all #ActivityPub software — is as follows: If it lets you migrate your followers in and out, sure, give it a try; If it does not, you should be VERY wary of using it for your important accounts.
Wildebeest does not let you transfer your followers to/from it, ergo it should not be used, lest you find yourself locked-in to Cloudflare's ecosystem forever. Whether or not you like #Cloudflare is irrelevant, you should not tie your fediverse identity to any company permanently.
@jonah You deploy your own instance from your own github repository by forking the project. Since it's open source I expect import/export will be available very soon. I don't see a big issue here. Data is already managed by us https://github.com/cloudflare/wildebeest/issues/238#issuecomment-1425585678
@jonah yeah.
Corporation WILL, at some point in the future,screw you over.
100% guaranteed.
The WILL renege on everything they promise now.
The WILL start charging for that 'forever for free' service.
They WILL steal your data.
They WILL expose that data via some breach.
Their promises and guarantees are written in sand, and you better believe the tide is coming in.
@jonah With a name like Wildebeest I thought it would be all about migration.