Wow. I just learned that my instance is going to close. No shade on the administrator — stuff happens. I'll move.
But an instance outright shutting down really exposes the hazard in posts being left behind when you move. Unless I archive and rehost them, everything I've written here will be lost.
Even if I do archive and rehost them, anything that linked to stuff I wrote here will be broken.
@interfluidity can you share how to archive and re-host?
@interfluidity (looks like there is a python library sitting in PyPi, but I don't know when I'll have time to sit down at a computer. Will you please archive mine as well if you get the time?)
@isomorphismes (when i figure it out, i'll let you know! i've tried on python utility... it's not gonna work for me.)
@isomorphismes ( this is one approach... but my preference would be ultimately to self-host posts from old instances rather than just move them along, since the links will be broken in either case. https://c18.masto.host/@carrideen/111024370044761676 )
@interfluidity thanks. not something I have time to explore right now! ty
@interfluidity Any idea where you'll be moving to? I'm feeling a bit lost.
@jpkoning I haven't decided yet either... I'm putting together an application to republish our post archives as a static site, to not lose econtwitter.net history. I'll ping you with that if you are interested.
I might look at zirk.us just because someone there was kind enough to encourage / welcome me. Its norms look broadly okay. But I'm still mulling.