thurloat 📌
working through a potential migration to Pleroma, and it looks like there are a few roadblocks.
I can recreate all the accounts, password hashing is done differently so all users would have to make new passwords.
much migration code that exists depends on modules that exist in newer mastodon upstream (so ours would need to be migrated forward regardless).
lots of broken links will start showing up because internal DB IDs will change, since neither is using UUIDs.
thurloat 📌
considering recreating accounts, and sending out invitations to a set a password fresh instance that lives on `moosetodon.ca` officially.
then setting mastodon.club to read-only and embedding profile redirects from `moosetodon.ca` -> `mastodon.club` so old content is still accessible.
fortunately, migrating our internal stuff will be simple (saved posts, upped upload limits, themes, "official moose" statuses).
thurloat 📌
open to discussion and ideas from the locals, nothing crazy is happening short term -- so no getting riled up.
just planning for the future.
Adam
@thurloat As a not-very-technical person, this all sounds fine to me. Having the old stuff still accessible for archival purposes is nice, and I'm not sure how often people are really digging into the archives and responding to old posts, so setting it to read-only probably wouldn't noticeably hinder usability.
From a user perspective, pleroma is not much different from Mastodon, but I imagine the lighter backend would make Moosetodon more sustainable in the long run.
Adam
@thurloat Honestly, the main downside I see is the possibility of losing people in the switch if, for some reason, they never see the email inviting them to set a new password.
Also: would current following/muted/blocked user lists be maintained?
thurloat 📌
@ink_slinger i'll look into it. I know the APIs exist on the pleroma side for muting and blocking too so if the data doesn't come right along easily we can at least make fresh follows / mutes / blocks on the other side without much headache.
thurloat 📌
@ink_slinger thanks for the feedback.
regarding the archive, i think at some point down the road i'd like to enable a 'takeout' of sorts for the old instance so you can liberate all your content and do with it what you will.
Michela
@thurloat Would we lose our contacts / followers if you did that?
thurloat 📌
@michela the people you're following will be coming along for the ride no problem. I'm still working to see if there's a way to redirect your followers to the new feed so they don't have to follow all over again.
though depending on how the import of your following people works, it may notify them that you're following from a "new" account.
Michela
@thurloat Ah. Thanks for answering. 🙂
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