Communities should be able to move servers - eviltoast

Idea: if you mod a community on a lemmy.somewhere you should be able to migrate it to lemmy.elsewhere which would include all post & comment links being forwarded and subbed users having their subscription updated to reflect the new location.

I’m aware this would be a way down the road as user account migration alone is still not great but it would be a great feature for the fediverse to have to avoid centralisation and mod/server admin wars.

    • hitmyspot@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I don’t use mastodon. Do users need to reciprocate? So if I followed you and you moved server would I still get a notification, or only if you follow me?

      Can anyone follow you, so does the notification let you know that it’s a change, rather than a new follower.

      • @hitmyspot

        It is all automatic.

        You maintain the same relationship after the move.

        If you just followed them, but they didn’t follow you — that continues after the move.

        If they just followed you, but you didn’t follow them — that continues after the move.

        If you followed each other — that continues after the move.

        It is all automatic.

        As a user, if someone who follows you moves their account, you see that as a new follow in your notifications.