<![CDATA[I migrated from my self-hosted Mastodon instance to mastodon.social.]]>I migrated from my self-hosted Mastodon instance to mastodon.social. Of course, I couldn't move my posts so I created a small server to provide the archive of my post history without changing any URIs or media URLs. It seems to be working well. RAM usage is down from 1.2GB to 45MB (-97%) and disk usage down from 160GB to 15MB (-99.99% drop) compared to keeping the old server running. I've been surprised how many "hits" I'm seeing for old posts, so I'm glad the archive is available.

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/topic/5471c752-4066-4641-91fe-5b83a1fecf52/i-migrated-from-my-self-hosted-mastodon-instance-to-mastodon.social.RSS for NodeThu, 06 Aug 2026 18:56:18 GMTThu, 06 Aug 2026 12:37:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I migrated from my self-hosted Mastodon instance to mastodon.social. on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:40:43 GMT]]>@julian Yeah, I used Fedibuzz and that definitely
helped.

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117032591268870234/statuses/117049317372979115https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117032591268870234/statuses/117049317372979115Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I migrated from my self-hosted Mastodon instance to mastodon.social. on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:29:53 GMT]]>@Steve_Bate wow it was a resource hog when you were running your own instance! I keep thinking about setting my own up but I'm not sure if I want to burden my home server with that 😅

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/douglasvb/statuses/117049038818390493https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/douglasvb/statuses/117049038818390493Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:29:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I migrated from my self-hosted Mastodon instance to mastodon.social. on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:17:03 GMT]]>> @steve_bate@mastodon.social said:
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> Even with relays, I was missing out of parts of conversations.

Sad to hear that. I've found that subscribing to fedibuzz has been pretty good for keeping the flow of interesting discussions coming.

activitypub.space aggregates a few that are ActivityPub related.

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2200https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2200Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:17:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I migrated from my self-hosted Mastodon instance to mastodon.social. on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:01:34 GMT]]>@invisible The Mastodon instance consumed excessive resources IMO in my "home lab" that I'd rather use for something else. If anything, I have more room for tinkering now. 😉 However, it was also always a challenge to stay well-connected with a single-user instance. Even with relays, I was missing out of parts of conversations.

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117032591268870234/statuses/117048691536304844https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/117032591268870234/statuses/117048691536304844Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:01:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I migrated from my self-hosted Mastodon instance to mastodon.social. on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:52:02 GMT]]>@Steve_Bate do you plan to document the decision and experience?

I found your work with ActivityPub really interesting...

Do you think being on single instance just isn't worth it protocol wise, or are you cooling down on tinkering with socials?

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116941803107106333/statuses/117048654040221128https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/116941803107106333/statuses/117048654040221128Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:52:02 GMT