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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • I’ll have to disagree there. When you Favourite a post, the person that posted it gets a notification about the fact, while if you Bookmark something no notification is sent. In effect you are telling the person that you “Liked” their post.

    Also, looking at the Explore section of Mastodon the following message is shown at the top of the feed:

    These are posts from across the social web that are gaining traction today. Newer posts with more boosts and favorites are ranked higher.

    So those Favourites are used by the algorithm to rank posts. Bookmarks are totally private and only used to save posts for your own use.












  • You have to create a new account on a new server then use the account migration tool. It’s not perfect; you’ll keep your followers but I think your posts won’t transfer over. Notes from the tool:

    Before proceeding, please read these notes carefully:

    • This action will move all followers from the current account to the new account
    • Your current account’s profile will be updated with a redirect notice and be excluded from searches
    • No other data will be moved automatically
    • The new account must first be configured to back-reference this one
    • After moving there is a waiting period during which you will not be able to move again
    • Your current account will not be fully usable afterwards. However, you will have access to data export as well as re-activation.