maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

if mastodon is about user freedom, then why am i trapped?

i've been running a server on my domain since 2018, and i'm tired of keeping up with the updates. i'd love to try a simpler piece of server software to make maintenance easier, so i took a look at gotosocial, and at the top of their guide is this:

"It's not supported across the Fediverse to switch between implementations on the same domain"

...excuse me? so now this domain is permanently tainted?

so what are my options?

- transfer my account to some other site. be part of all the drama and defederating and dealing with mastodon HOAs. lose my fun domain account domain name. don't bring along any of my data/pictures/posts, which frankly is the thing i care about more than my followers/following. i can download my data but who gives a shit i can do that on twitter.

- keep running tootsuite until the end of time, and having to computer janitor it to not get my shit hacked. i don't even want to host a web ui, i only use external clients, so i'm spending god knows how much resources on my vps just to run this stack i'm not using.

- buy/use a different domain, setup a new server there, hope i picked a good one that i won't regret using! transfer my following/followers, and lose all my post history

- delete everything and stop using this piece of shit thing.

the people who came up with this design are fucking stupid. not only is my data trapped inside tootsuite in any meaningful way, but my domain is also now permanently locked to this install.