threw up their hands at the thought of having to migrate due to instance dumbfuckery again

that's real as hell. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the fediverse needs a better way for users to move instances. Not being able to do so will make people less likely to do so in case of an 'instance gone bad' (cough elon cough) scenario.

how that happens on the technical side? I have no god damn idea xD