I'm just about to start the automatic migration procedure, so it should move your follow over to the new account seamlessly, but if you want to follow the new account manually straight away you can do so (it won't mess anything up).
The new server is my own one, it's where FediFollows, FediVideo etc are already.
If there are any problems, contact my personal account at @FediThing
You may want to let people know that if they see a requested to follow notification, they should cancel it and try again to an auto follow. I was stuck in requested no-man’s land.
For people on #Friendica and other platforms not compatible with the account migration procedure, you need to follow @FediTips manually if you were following the previous FediTips account. On mobile it works like this: Long tap the blue @-address in the above sentence, wait for the popup, then click the follow icon. If the popup doesn't appear (often with new accounts), copy the @-address to search on the top of the page, including both @'s, then click Search twice with a few seconds between. You can follow on the profile page that appears, and set any groups you want the account to be in.
@AudraTran@feditips For now, I'm going to try to stay on an instance that will federate with threads.net, but if an instance thinks defederation is the best way to serve/protect their users, they should do so.
Sometimes a "net split" is the healthiest solution. Intolerance cannot be tolerated, if we are to preserve tolerance.
@feditips No, we don't need to defederate them. Defederating them undermines federation and makes it harder for people to leave Threads.
Federation is about helping people, not corporations. That's why almost all social networks refuse to federate, even "the good guys" like Tumblr. They know damned well that federation provides an escape route for their users, and they don't want that.
Meta is doing this not because it benefits from it, but because it sees the writing on the wall, it sees the EU and other organizations forcing monopoly social networks to open up.
If a user on your instance wants to follow someone on Threads, let them. Almost everyone who wants to leave Threads will find it easier to leave if they can continue to follow the people of interest to them.
Don't underestimate this. This is why, despite Musk's sabotage, people are still on X/Twitter. Because if they leave, they leave the circle of friends they've made over the years behind.
Some apps on here are offering AI/LLM for certain features such as entering an image description automatically.
If you are abled and sighted, please don't use these features.
If you are sighted and able to enter descriptions yourself, it would be better for the planet if you enter descriptions manually. Manual descriptions avoid anyone having to cause environmental damage.
Every account on Mastodon and the Fediverse has a unique account address, it will look something like this:
@ (username) @ (server)
You can find anyone's address by looking at their profile page, the address is written underneath their display name in a smaller font.
Account addresses are handy if you want to tell people about your account, people can paste your account address into the search box on their server which will make your profile appear.
"It's a tool. Working for Meta doesn't mean, everything you do can be smeared."
It's a tool created by someone who works for a company that does disgusting things. I don't trust such tools.
"it's already hard not to not miss a lot of posts."
It depends on what you want from social media?
If you want to read absolutely every post then yes you have to restrict how many people you follow. But a lot of people dip in and out of social media and aren't too worried if some posts scroll by.
Have you ever noticed an account on here labelled "Automated" or "Bot"?
It means the account is a bot, operating automatically without a human doing the posting.
This might sound odd, but there are many useful and entertaining #bots, for example posting sports results or weather bulletins or public domain art. Other bots run interactive games of chess or D&D campaigns or text adventures.
I'm pretty sure it's meant to label accounts with linked RSS, as they are often called "news feeds"? That's why RSS readers are often called "news readers".
One of Friendica's best features is its ability to easily link any RSS feed to an account 👍
Reminder that you don't need to use your real/legal name on here. You can call yourself whatever you want (as long as you're not impersonating someone else).
You also don't need to have a photo of yourself, or any photo at all. Blind users often don't use photos on profiles, so don't be surprised if you see a profile with an empty space. An empty picture is not a sign of a spammer on here.
The only info you need when signing up is a working email address, and only your server's admin sees it.
In case you missed it, you can turn any #WordPress blog into a server on the Fediverse, so that people on Mastodon etc will be able to follow your blog.
There's lots of info on how to do this (plus common questions anwered) at: