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‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media (www.forbes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Crucially, users also retain the ability to migrate to different servers without losing their followers, which is a stark contrast to traditional platforms, where leaving means starting over and building up a following from scratch. This is a particularly crucial feature for influencers and content creators, who were recently faced with losing millions of followers during the recent TikTok blackout.

Is this actually implemented anywhere?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Mastodon does this fairly well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I know modern versions of Lemmy have a way to import/export account settings, but I don't think it's a full-scale move all your followers thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Well, on Lemmy you don't follow users anyway