'There's twice as many people using it at the same time as ever have,' Mastodon's founder says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/9739

I think they twitter will become a lot more lax on bans, potentially more strict on banning people who make fun of elon. I think trump will return to twitter. Overall, seems like a ginormous win for the libertarians/ancaps.

I think we should capitalize on this moment and bring way more people to the fediverse.

  • Fisch
    4·
    3 years ago

    I have an account on mastodon.social but I’m thinking about moving it somewhere else, if that’s possible

    • the_tech_beast
      8·
      3 years ago

      Yes, it is possible to migrate your account to a new server. There is an option in the settings.

      • jackalope
        1·
        3 years ago

        Is it possible to change the name of my account?

        I got it back in 2017 so I kinda want to keep it but the handle I sofned up with is kinda of lame.

        • the_tech_beast
          2·
          3 years ago

          You can easily change the display name of your account. Check the settings.

          To check your username, I think you will need to create a new account on the same server or else you can create a new account on another instance and then migrate your account.

          • jackalope
            1·
            3 years ago

            Yeah that’s what I thought. Oof I just want a nicer short username.

            Does Mastodon have any plans for how usernames and old accounts get retired? I guess maybe that’s just left up to individual servers though.

            Just a thought! I have changed my personal website location multiple times, but I have the same domain name each time. Do usernames@domainname.com change within the fediverse even if you change servers? like if I restart a server? If I start a new server years later and give it the same name as an old server but don’t move over the content, does it still appear on other servers that are federated up?