What would happen if I changed fedi server software but keep same domain? (lemmy.world)

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For example I would selfhost Mastodon with [email protected] but then decide to change the server software to GoToSocial but keep the same [email protected]. Would everyone who was following [email protected] keep me in their follower list or would whole fediverse crash?

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[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

quokka.au changed from Lemmy to PieFed and it was ok once the remote servers refreshed their public key caches, about a day.

Mastodon to GTS could turn out different but yeah.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Very interesting.

Didn't think such a "dirty" method of moving from Lemmy to Piefed would work

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