My last post, to and on #Pluspora as a living entity. Now a fond memory, but living on with old & new friends, colleagues...

It's a state of mind, many survivors of #GooglePlus who assembled in a new land, a big community in a new world, diaspora*.
This was my trauma-relief, and stewing in the moment song for the end of G+. After 8 happy years, wound up "here". But now again:

Closing Time

I thought I screen-shot some images of the closing days of G+ with the #music and #signalflare and info posts. #StaySafe 🕊

#Pluspora Final Days --- Shutdown likely on 1 April 2022

For those who are still on the Pluspora Pod, final shutdown will be imminent in the next days. The planned shutdown date is 1 April 2022 so far as I'm aware.

The announcement and updates are here:

FOLLOW UP ON PLUSPORA POD CLOSURE

https://sites.google.com/talesfrombabylon.com/pluspora/home

Announcement on Diaspora:

"It is with a heavy heart that we come to you with this post."

Federated copies:
- https://diasp.org/posts/f09b32d07568013a3ddf005056264835
- https://diasp.eu/posts/f09b32d07568013a3ddf005056264835
- https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/f09b32d07568013a3ddf005056264835

Archives: post:

https://archive.is/cuztp https://archive.is/rHhLP https://archive.ph/h3aw4

Things you should do NOW

• Create a new profile elsewhere if you have not already. Diasp.org, Glasswings, and several other pods have welcomed well-behaved members. I can offer invites to Glasswings on request.

• Tell others where you've gone, and where you've come from. That is, leave a FORWARDING address on your old Pluspora profile, and a PREVIOUS address on your new profile elsewhere. Posts tagged with #SIGNALFLARE will be easier for others to find as well.

• If you have any thought that you might want to retain your old posts / content, archive that NOW. Note that given the passing of David Thiery, support for failed exports is unlikely, but you can at least try. Content cannot presently be imported to a Diaspora pod, but may be in the future. I've created numerous tools for working with that data described in posts below.

• Federation will preserve at least some of your content on Diaspora*. This means that having followers on other Pods is highly useful. I've explored the possibilities and limits of this further elsewhere.

• I've created tools and methods for archiving content, including automated submission of posts to the Internet Archive, and manual submission to Archive Today. Both rely on having a downloaded archive of your older content.

• Follower / Block lists are not importable. You'll have to re-establish contact with people generally manually. Given that many Pluspora contacts were on Pluspora itself ... this may be complicated. The regular #Checkin posts are an excellent way to get back in touch with the community.

• If you want your Profile Bio Page to be world-readable, you need to set that specifically at /profile/edit. Toggle "Visibility of your extended profile" to "Public".

• If nothing else, you can save your Profile page at https://pluspora.com/u/<username> to the Internet Archive and Archive Today manually by visiting https://web.archive/org/save/ and https://archive.today. Do this after leaving a forwarding address to make your new profile easier to find.

• Please do NOT delete your profile or posts if you wish for federated copies to remain available elsewhere. Unfortunately this is something of an unclean break. Deleting your profile will delete all your posts / comments to other pods.

Resources

Continuation / informational sites

There are a Pluspora Wiki and a Twitter group:

• Wiki (https://sites.google.com/talesfrombabylon.com/pluspora/home)

• Twitter Group: https://twitter.com/babylontales/status/1494863443043696642

Data Migration Posts

The following posts offer tools and lessons learned in my own recent Pod migration.

Diaspora* Data Migration and Archival Lessons Learned

This is a summary of my discoveries and learning over the past two months or so concerning Diaspora* data archives and references as well as JSON and tools for manipulating it, specifically jq. ...

https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/fbf5b8f077f9013a6e0d448a5b29e257

Diaspora Migration Tips and Questions Thread

I’m going to be posting suggestions and questions regarding migrating between and/or preserving Diaspora* profile data....

https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/e0b4d980545c013a0103448a5b29e257

Diaspora* Migration & Data Archival: Finding your First Remote-Pod Followers

Federated content is likely to be found on remote pods from which profiles first followed you. You can find your earlierst remote-pod followers by going through your Notifications. Just note the pod.

This content may not be universally available to others, but offers some alternatives to archival in a pinch.

https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/feaae8207c8d013a5b1e448a5b29e257

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As a reminder: I was not a Pluspora member, though I'd revived my Diaspora* profile with the shutdown of Google+ in 2019, so many, many, many centuries ago... I did move recently from the now-defunct #Joindiaspora pod to my new home on Glasswings.

#DataMigration #DiasporaMigration #Pluspora #GooglePlus #Diaspora #DiasporaMigration #Migration #Diaspora #Help #Tips #DataArchves #Archives #Plexodus

Given Pluspora's imminent turndown, I'm moving to @chrisjones@diasp.org.

#signalflare

Joindiaspora Shutdown is TODAY 4 March 2022

Joindiaspora will cease to be a fully active Diaspora pod on March 4, 2022 at about 20:00 UTC. Following maintenance of unknown duration at that time Joindiaspora will be available for some time afterward in "limited service mode" as described here (Archive), permitting data export and account management but little else.

If you’re waiting for a rescue or sitting on the fence, DO NOT WAIT.

Your options are reduced with any further delay.

What you should do NOW:

• Create an archive of any data you wish to preserve from your Profile Settings page.
• Find a new home on another Diaspora* or Fediverse instance NOW
• Share your new location with your followers.

Do not expect miracles or a continuation, the Joindiaspora pod will be shut down SOON.

See also:

• Joindiaspora Shutdown Announcement (official)
• Further Shutdown Scheduling and Details (official)
• My own Data Migration Tips & Questions thread

#SIGNALFLARE

I have moved from @Doc Edward Morbius (moved to Glasswings) (dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com) to @Doc Edward Morbius (dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com).

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#Joindiaspora #JoindiasporaCom #Diaspora #DiasporaMigration #Migration #Diaspora #Help #Tips #DataArchves #Archives #Plexodus

Joindiaspora Shutdown is in ONE (1) Days

Joindiaspora will cease to be a active Diaspora pod on March 4, 2022.

If you’re waiting for a rescue or sitting on the fence, DO NOT WAIT.

Your options are reduced with any further delay.

What you should do NOW:

• Create an archive of any data you wish to preserve from your Profile Settings page.
• Find a new home on another Diaspora* or Fediverse instance NOW
• Share your new location with your followers.

Do not expect miracles or a continuation, the Joindiaspora pod will be shut down SOON.

See also:

• Joindiaspora Shutdown Announcement
• Data Migration Tips & Questions thread

#SIGNALFLARE

I have moved from @Doc Edward Morbius (moved to Glasswings) (dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com) to @Doc Edward Morbius (dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com).

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#Joindiaspora #JoindiasporaCom #Diaspora #DiasporaMigration #Migration #Diaspora #Help #Tips #DataArchves #Archives #Plexodus

Joindiaspora Shutdown is in TWO (2) Days

Joindiaspora will cease to be a active Diaspora pod on March 4, 2022.

If you’re waiting for a rescue or sitting on the fence, DO NOT WAIT.

Your options are reduced with any further delay.

What you should do NOW:

• Create an archive of any data you wish to preserve from your Profile Settings page.
• Find a new home on another Diaspora* or Fediverse instance NOW
• Share your new location with your followers.

Do not expect miracles or a continuation, the Joindiaspora pod will be shut down SOON.

See also:

• Joindiaspora Shutdown Announcement
• Data Migration Tips & Questions thread

#SIGNALFLARE

I have moved from @Doc Edward Morbius (moved to Glasswings) (dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com) to @Doc Edward Morbius (dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com).

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#Joindiaspora #JoindiasporaCom #Diaspora #DiasporaMigration #Migration #Diaspora #Help #Tips #DataArchves #Archives #Plexodus

Joindiaspora Shutdown is in THREE (3) Days

Joindiaspora will cease to be a active Diaspora pod on March 4, 2022.

If you’re waiting for a rescue or sitting on the fence, DO NOT WAIT.

Your options are reduced with any further delay.

What you should do NOW:

• Create an archive of any data you wish to preserve from your Profile Settings page.
• Find a new home on another Diaspora* or Fediverse instance NOW
• Share your new location with your followers.

Do not expect miracles or a continuation, the Joindiaspora pod will be shut down SOON.

See also:

• Joindiaspora Shutdown Announcement
• Data Migration Tips & Questions thread

#SIGNALFLARE

I have moved from @Doc Edward Morbius (moved to Glasswings) (dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com) to @Doc Edward Morbius (dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com).

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#Joindiaspora #JoindiasporaCom #Diaspora #DiasporaMigration #Migration #Diaspora #Help #Tips #DataArchves #Archives #Plexodus

Well, now, it looks like the Outsourced Math server is down. BOY am I glad both JoinDiaspora and Pluspora are still up & running. If this becomes a frequent problem I might have to migrate pods yet again.
#newhere #signalflare #Pluspora #JoinDiaspora #refugee

Joindiaspora Shutdown is in FOUR (4) Days

Joindiaspora will cease to be a active Diaspora pod on March 4, 2022.

If you’re waiting for a rescue or sitting on the fence, DO NOT WAIT.

Your options are reduced with any further delay.

What you should do NOW:

• Create an archive of any data you wish to preserve from your Profile Settings page.
• Find a new home on another Diaspora* or Fediverse instance NOW
• Share your new location with your followers.

Do not expect miracles or a continuation, the Joindiaspora pod will be shut down SOON.

See also:

• Joindiaspora Shutdown Announcement
• Data Migration Tips & Questions thread

#SIGNALFLARE

I have moved from @Doc Edward Morbius (moved to Glasswings) (dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com) to @Doc Edward Morbius (dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com).

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#Joindiaspora #JoindiasporaCom #Diaspora #DiasporaMigration #Migration #Diaspora #Help #Tips #DataArchves #Archives #Plexodus

For the #GPlusRefugees out there:

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♲ Filip H.F. "FiXato" Slagter - 2022-02-27 22:05:55 GMT

#SignalFlare: A reminder to follow me elsewhere if you want to stay in touch, as #JoinDiaspora will be going offline at the start of March:
You can follow me on:
- #Mastodon: @fixato@toot.cat https://toot.cat/@FiXato
- #Friendica: @fixato@libranet.de @Fixato . https://libranet.de/profile/fixato/
- Overview of other profiles (which needs updating..): https://contact.fixato.org/
- My #Gemini blog: gemini://fixato.org

#GPlus #GooglePlus #PlusPora #CheckIn #PlusPoraRefugee #PlusPoraRefugees #GooglePlusRefugee #GPlusRefugee #GPlusRefugees #FiXato #Plexodus #JoinDiaspora

#SignalFlare: A reminder to follow me elsewhere if you want to stay in touch, as #JoinDiaspora will be going offline at the start of March:
You can follow me on:
- #Mastodon: @fixato@toot.cat https://toot.cat/@FiXato
- #Friendica: @fixato@libranet.de @Fixato . https://libranet.de/profile/fixato/
- Overview of other profiles (which needs updating..): https://contact.fixato.org/
- My #Gemini blog: gemini://fixato.org

Joindiaspora Shutdown is in FIVE (5) Days

Joindiaspora will cease to be a active Diaspora pod on March 4, 2022.

If you’re waiting for a rescue or sitting on the fence, DO NOT WAIT.

Your options are reduced with any further delay.

What you should do NOW:

• Create an archive of any data you wish to preserve from your Profile Settings page.
• Find a new home on another Diaspora* or Fediverse instance NOW
• Share your new location with your followers.

Do not expect miracles or a continuation, the Joindiaspora pod will be shut down SOON.

See also:

• Joindiaspora Shutdown Announcement
• Data Migration Tips & Questions thread

#SIGNALFLARE

I have moved from @Doc Edward Morbius (moved to Glasswings) (dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com) to @Doc Edward Morbius (dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com).

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#Joindiaspora #JoindiasporaCom #Diaspora #DiasporaMigration #Migration #Diaspora #Help #Tips #DataArchves #Archives #Plexodus

Hallo zusammen,

wenn #pluspora schliesst, dann findet man mich im Fediverse unter rtfm@pod.dapor.net

#signalflare #plusporaexit

Joindiaspora Shutdown is in SIX (6) Days

Joindiaspora will cease to be a active Diaspora pod on March 4, 2022.

If you’re waiting for a rescue or sitting on the fence, DO NOT WAIT.

Your options are reduced with any further delay.

What you should do NOW:

• Create an archive of any data you wish to preserve from your Profile Settings page.
• Find a new home on another Diaspora* or Fediverse instance NOW
• Share your new location with your followers.

Do not expect miracles or a continuation, the Joindiaspora pod will be shut down SOON.

See also:

• Joindiaspora Shutdown Announcement
• Data Migration Tips & Questions thread

#SIGNALFLARE

I have moved from @Doc Edward Morbius (moved to Glasswings) (dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com) to @Doc Edward Morbius (dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com).

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#Joindiaspora #JoindiasporaCom #Diaspora #DiasporaMigration #Migration #Diaspora #Help #Tips #DataArchves #Archives #Plexodus

#SignalFlare

Thanks to @Doc Edward Morbius, I'm setting up a new social media home : https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/685789007839013a6e1f448a5b29e257

Now to add y'all to the aspects again...

This is my last post here on the pluspora pod. You can find me here:

@Isaac Kuo

@Isaac Kuo Art Blog (my backup account, as well as my Art Blog)

#SignalFlare #pluspora #GooglePlus

Pluspora is closing down, so I've moved! See me over here on glasswings pod: @Ed S
#signalflare

Yo, bitches.

#Pluspora #Signalflare #GooglePlus #newhere

With thanks to @Andrew Pam for this place to stretch my legs and @Doc Edward Morbius for the invite.

Hi, I'm #newhere #neuhier
As #pluspora will be shutdown soon I had to choose a new home

#signalflare

#SignalFlare My New Diaspora* account is on diaspora.glasswings.com due to JoindiasporaCom's planned shutdown

Notice as of 22 February 2022

I’ve created a new profile @Doc Edward Morbius (dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com) on https://diaspora.glasswings.com.

Please add that account to your followers.

URL: https://diaspora.glasswings.com/u/dredmorbius

For Pluspora members migrating elsewhere, please follow dredmorbius@diaspora.glasswings.com rather than my soon-to-be-defunct JoindiasporaCom profile.

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Profile Archives

I'm archiving my public posts at Archive.org's Wayback Machine. That captures the post text but not comments.
This process is automated and fairly easy.

I'm also archiving a selection of more significant posts at Archive.Today, which captures full comments. Those may be either via the joindiaspora.com domain or the diaspora.glasswings.com domain. This process is manual and requires individually submitting items. It is also generating notifications for any participants in old threads, I apologise for that.

Much of my public content should remain viewable on other pods if federated there, though once Joindiaspora.com is offline, interactions with content (comments, likes, reshares) will probably not be possible.

I've also privately exported my posts and will update that archive prior to the final shutdown.

I'm trying a new curation method for the Glasswings account with an Index and Curation thread:

https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/d9abf9f05459013a0103448a5b29e257

Posts from both Glasswings and Pluspora are included there, with title and often a short blurb, as well as a link. Given the lack of useful Diaspora* search, I'm hoping that will make finding / referencing earlier content easier, without overstuffing my bio page as I'd done here on JoindiasporaCom.

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As previously, I have several other online accounts and profiles:

• Email:

  • dredmorbius <at> protonmail <dot> com (principle)
  • dredmorbius <at> gmail <dot> com (fallback, rarely used or checked)

• Mastodon: Highly active.

  • https://toot.cat/@dredmorbius (primary)
  • https://mastodon.cloud/@dredmorbius (forwarded to toot.cat)
  • https://mastodon.social/@dredmorbius (forwarded to toot.cat)

• Hacker News: Not exactly social media, but I'm fairly active

  • https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dredmorbius

• Reddit:

Not especially active.

• User account: https://old.reddit.com/user/dredmorbius

• Subreddits: /r/dredmrobius and /r/plexodus principally.

  • Tildes.net as "dredmorbius": https://tildes.net/user/dredmorbius
  • "Git Lair" remains extant though inactive, on GitLab:

• https://gitlab.com/dredmorbius/lair-of-the-id.git

  • Ello: Largely inactive, but still extant:

• https://ello.co/dredmorbius

I do not have any accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or most other mainstream services. "dredmorbius" on these services is not me. (I'm aware of at least one Twitter account similarly named, again not me.)

There may be other incidental accounts on smaller services (e.g., GitHub, etc.), typically under my "dredmorbius" nym.

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Other Related Announcements

The FENEAS shutdown announcement is here (archived):

https://git.feneas.org/feneas/association/-/raw/master/comms/dissolving-the-association-2022-01-09.txt

The Joindiaspora shutdown announcement is archived here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20220110004809/https://joindiaspora.com/posts/f605e81053c3013ae6b9002590d8e506

Thread for discussing shutdown issues here

Full URL: https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/ef340f905469013a0101448a5b29e257

(The short link should be interactive, the full URL should work to identify the post if you're on a service that doesn't interact transparently with Diaspora post references.)

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Previously: https://joindiaspora.com/posts/bb4b46f05486013ae8b1002590d8e506

THIS POST ITSELF WILL POSSIBLY GO OFFLINE OR PREVENT FURTHER INTERACTIONS (COMMENTS, LIKES, RESHARES) FOLLOWING THE JOINDIASPORA SHUTDOWN.

Please do NOT discuss or announce plans on this post itself. (Discussion on re-shares should survive the shutdown.)

#SignalFlare #Plexodus #Glasswings #JoindiasporaCom #Migration #Dredmorbius