Crashdoom :crashdoomMyaaa: 🔧 on Nostr: A reminder: Instance suspensions are, inherently, permanent. It’s like going into a ...
A reminder: Instance suspensions are, inherently, permanent.
It’s like going into a server room and taking the nuclear option of severing cables instead of unplugging and rewiring them.
Can you eventually reconnect them? Sort of. But, now you have to renegotiate DHCP leases, make sure your routes are set up correctly, find out why it’s connected but no one has internet access…
tl;dr and analogy aside: Mastodon severs followers on permanently when you suspend a server. It’s not an undo-able action, it’s a permanent action, and many users have no idea how it works or how to save that data before it’s gone forever.
It’s like going into a server room and taking the nuclear option of severing cables instead of unplugging and rewiring them.
Can you eventually reconnect them? Sort of. But, now you have to renegotiate DHCP leases, make sure your routes are set up correctly, find out why it’s connected but no one has internet access…
tl;dr and analogy aside: Mastodon severs followers on permanently when you suspend a server. It’s not an undo-able action, it’s a permanent action, and many users have no idea how it works or how to save that data before it’s gone forever.