If you're running a public Fedi server, it might be a good idea to have a personal or alternative account that isn't on your server.
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If you're running a public Fedi server, it might be a good idea to have a personal or alternative account that isn't on your server.
If your server goes down and all your accounts are on it, there will be an information black hole about what happened as all your contact accounts will be broken.
There have been several cases where servers went down for days and people worried they had closed down permanently, but they were actually technical difficulties that took days to fix.
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If you're running a public Fedi server, it might be a good idea to have a personal or alternative account that isn't on your server.
If your server goes down and all your accounts are on it, there will be an information black hole about what happened as all your contact accounts will be broken.
There have been several cases where servers went down for days and people worried they had closed down permanently, but they were actually technical difficulties that took days to fix.
@homegrown I like the idea! Or you go with a separatly hosted status site for your instance 🫣🤩
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@homegrown I like the idea! Or you go with a separatly hosted status site for your instance 🫣🤩
@Nico @homegrown I feel like this WOULD be the ideal circumstance, but then again, being able to check a Fedi instance directly from Fedi would be pretty convenient for users!
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@Nico @homegrown I feel like this WOULD be the ideal circumstance, but then again, being able to check a Fedi instance directly from Fedi would be pretty convenient for users!
There was an instance called mastoadmin.io for this express purpose, but I think it closed down last year.
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If you're running a public Fedi server, it might be a good idea to have a personal or alternative account that isn't on your server.
If your server goes down and all your accounts are on it, there will be an information black hole about what happened as all your contact accounts will be broken.
There have been several cases where servers went down for days and people worried they had closed down permanently, but they were actually technical difficulties that took days to fix.
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