the journey to leaving tumblr

Every time I say Fediverse people think Mastodon, and that's a shame. A lot has changed in Fedi since the last time you heard about it - there's more options, more innovation than ever before (even if there's caveats.)

The fediverse that can talk to Mastodon (aka ActivityPub) is wide and diverse. Not all instances have pointless text limits. For example, instances based on Wafrn tech try hard to look like tumblr and it makes a huge difference. More importantly they are aimed at tumblr and tumblr-adjacent users and many focus on indie LGBTQ moderation.

On top of that, it's not as much of a problem if your small instance goes down. Wafrn has tools to migrate posts from one instance to another. (There's asterisks on that!)

Outside Wafrn, the people behind ActivityPub are trying to update it so it supports migration. So every Mastodon and Fediverse instance could let you migrate as well. This solves the biggest hesitation people have of losing their data because it was on a small indie server that can run out of money.

Check this feed out as an example of what kind of posts you might find. You don't need to abandon tumblr, just make the account and see if you like it. No ads, user funded, their interest is always with the people donating to them and not corporate investors.