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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hmm, only Mastodon is mentioned for this feature in the ActivutyPub spec... I'm not sure if it's the only service that has implemented this fully or if it's just the example used.

https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-data-portability/#move-action

That's ashame, because account mobility is the most important tool for healthy decentralization. The reason Facebook or Twitter can "get away with" implementing such shitty policies and abusing their users is because the users are locked in, with a high cost to switching platforms.

The cost is highest for accounts like small businesses that live and die by social media marketing, once they have an established presence and successfully built a following on a platform, it is very risky for them to give that up and start over on a new one.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I imagine Rimu would need to work with Lemmy in order to bring in that kind of migration for accounts where the post-history is completely redirected, but I doubt that's gunna happen.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    He addressed it in the interview on !piefed_meta@piefed.social

    Long story short: migrating subscriptions and blocks are enough for the Threadiverse as your posts belong more to the communities where you posted than yourself

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