<p>Due to the recent influx of people from <em>the corporately owned microblogging platform</em>,
the use of many BirdsiteLIVE instances has become massive.
Added to this, I have received many requests from users to block access to block
their posts <em>from the other place</em> via BirdsiteLIVE - which I have happily done
for them, but <em>some people</em> are do not ask nicely and instead resort to claims
of attacks on their privacy (I know, right‽ it’s a clear misunderstanding of
how the internet works…). I’ve also been witness to some pretty brutal comments made towards BirdsiteLIVE’s creator.<br/>
I simply don’t feel comfortable with this.<br/>
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Added to this, the instance has become so saturated (over 1000%) that posts
<em>from the other place</em> only turn up sporadically and normally in a flurry that
clutters home timelines.<br/>
This really isn’t nice to see when you’re trying to interact with many other people on the fediverse, only to have a huge block on nonsense posts in the middle of it all.</p>
<h2id="offline">Offline</h2>
<p>So, I’ve been considering doing this for some time, but as from today, December 21st 2022, my BirdsiteLIVE instance is offline. I may start a new one up at some point in the future but with a new database, no old follows will remain.<br/>
I will continue to run my <ahref="https://birdsites.wilde.cloud">BirdsiteLIVE Instance List</a> which appears to be fairly web search-able to help people out - my original BSL instance URL will now redirect to this site.</p>
<h2id="what-else-can-i-do">What else can I do?</h2>
<p>Well, to put it bluntly, forget about <em>the other place</em>. Use of the Fediverse has skyrocketed since <em>the other place</em>’s recent ownership changed. You’ll find most of the people you want to see postsby are on the Fediverse already! Who needs content from the other place?</p>
<p>If you do need content from the other place, why not try using something like <ahref="https://nitter.net">Nitter</a> or one of it’s many instances. You can even put <code>/rss</code> at the end of the URL to get that content as a lovely RSS feed to put into your favorite RSS reader (you <em>are</em> using RSS, right‽).</p>
<h2id="sign-off">Sign off</h2>
<p>Anyway, if you managed to get this far, thank you. I don’t blog normally, but I felt I needed to put some kind of statement up, even if it is poorly written and slightly opinionated. Thanks for reading anyway.</p>
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