If you are running your own #Mastodon server, perhaps as a trial, and you decide to kill it, can you do one quick tidy up command before you pull the plug?
On the command line: tootctl self-destruct
This will notify the #fediverse that your server is on the way out. Otherwise, servers may try for days to communicate with you.
As a science fiction writer, I am professionally irritated by a lot of sf movies. Not only do those writers get paid a lot more than I do, they insist on including things like "self-destruct" buttons on the bridges of their starships.
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Don't forget, #Mastodon single-user server admins...
If you find yourself eventually shutting down your server (e.g. if you migrate to other software like #Firefish), run this first: tootctl self-destruct
Yes, well put, my exact experience too. So much of "who we are" has been passed on to us, and when my "I" speaks, my predecessors speak through me. Parents, but other life shapers too. As a university teacher, I often find myself enacting the habits and mannerisms of my academic mentors. I don't fight that. We are all part of that one shared process.
Impactful portrait of your father, one can feel his presence.
Hi Bookstadon! I'm an aspiring #self-published author, looking to promote my new book, The Moments Between The Apocalypse, coming out soon!
The Moments Between The Apocalypse is a #UrbanFantasy#Sapphic#Romance about a dorky mage and her super-soldier monster hunter girlfriend, as they find bright moments together in the darkest of times.
I've been tooting lately about location #privacy and my #self-hosted implementation of @owntracks to protect location data I need for tax residency reporting.
So, this article from #ArsTechnica naturally caught my eye.
Simply, got gotta read it if you care at all about privacy. Let's hope the #FTC wins its case.
Be sure to follow the link to the amended complaint. What the #government alleges is astonishing.
Però non è vero: se la chiudete a modino, ovvero da SSH sul server su cui sta, con il comando "tootctl self-destruct", viene mandata una notifica di chiusura di nebbia a tutte le istanze note a nebbia (che sono tutte quelle che ospitano account con cui tutti gli account di nebbia hanno interagito da quando è nata), e tutte queste istanze cancellano tutti i post di tutt* le utent* nebbia che hanno ricevuto: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/tootctl/#self-destruct 🙂
So....I want to migrate from Mastodon to Sharkey. The catch is, I would LIKE to end up back on my current domain....is this possible at all?
I have a domain I could park a Sharkey instance to migrate to, but if I make a new Sharkey instance on my current domain after I shut the Mastodon instance down, will I be able to migrate back with little issue?🤔