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Need some Fediverse help to find a new Friendica instance (or Hubzilla). Mine is shutting down and while yes I could use Fedi Directory, instead I wanna try a FediAdoption type strategy. AI has made it miserable for hosts to keep open reg, but I don't know anyone on the invite code servers, plus I wanna help spread the population around by not just going to the big instances. It's not very decentral if we're all in the same instance. Any instances willing to adopt me? Deets:

What I'm like to host:
- Light data footprint I think. I don't upload images or vid. I don't amass followers. I don't chase engagement nor regurgitate the content mills. I make long form posts but they're *usually* under 5k characters, i think the biggest was maybe 20k tops (Friendica has something like a 200k limit i have never come close to hitting that afaik)
- To my knowledge my instance admin(s) have never had to take moderation action against me.
- I like to welcome new users to the local instance
- Unwilling to assist with moderation tasks. It's too close to my day job, need a space where I'm not responsible for that despite its importance.

What I'm looking for in an instance:
- Allows long form posts
- Mid sized instance population (even a small instance can work too)
- Allows import of the profile data from my old instance (7.4 kb of contacts, 7 kb of profile data, although this will likely shrink as I prune off inactive contacts from the list). Not a deal breaker would just be nice.
- Allows english posting; to a limited degree I can read german and italian but I'm not conversational. However, I still like to read and practice so a non-english instance would be fine for me. Also open to other languages if you don't mind me posting in english.

Other factors that may matter to either of us:
- I'm in a US territory
- You can view my older publicly visible posts, but generally I TEND to talk about: fediverse and fediverse recruitment; social media ramifications; some politics especially where it intersects with technology and entertainment/art/music; solarpunk; foss; home labs; linux; xmpp; matrix; and how much I hate generative AI.

Happy to answer any questions for auditioning for your instance. This instance I'm on shutters at the end of the year, after that I'll likely fall back to federating my wordpress blog as a stop gap until I find a new Friendica home. Thanks for your help!

#Fediverse #FediAdoption #FediMigration (sorry not sure if the migration tag applies sounded like it might though) #Friendica #Hubzilla

#friendica #fediverse #Hubzilla #fedimigration #FediAdoption

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abeorch
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Can I suggest you get your own instance? You can optionally give access to close friends and family, who are unlikely to require any moderation.
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Grow Fediverse
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@abeorch This is my ultimate goal, im just not gonna be ready in time for new years. Im not yet skilled enough to self host, and im already paying hosts to run my own messaging and content services, so fully outsourcing the friendica was my one indulgence until i have the mental bandwidth and resources to deal with it. Even if I were a single user instance paying some outfit I'd have to ensure they were keeping up with maintenamce and security to my satisfaction, manage instance block lists or attacks on the service, etc and I'm not in a position to invest that time atm. But one day soon I hope to be.
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abeorch
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Ive been using #friendica on #yunohost and its really been very low maintenance .. when you do make sure you join the @Friendica Support and @Friendica Admins groups and get in touch.. always nice to know other admins ams share tips.
#friendica #yunohost @Friendica Support @Friendica Admins
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