it's kinda depressing that folks are getting hung up on migrating post history from server to server, in a medium that's really at its best when everything is ephemeral
type of guy who replies to this from mastodon.social to complain that all their best work as a replyguy might only live at its original URL
@scanlime Unfortunately, this is dependent on a continued relationship with a previous instance you probably left behind for a good reason
@bobbyd0g it's like the basic common way URLs always work though. they're like an address, and people move and old stuff gets destroyed
@scanlime Sure, but there's no denying it has regrettable effects, especially for those who disagree with that assessment naturalizing ephemerality, and consider the lines of connection made in a primary public space to be valuable history worth analyzing and preserving.
And even in the immediate term, if you're moving because you got suspended, or if you deleted everything to prevent abuse, it won't be there for contemporary response to what may be very serious events
