Today, it was announced that one of Japan's large Mastodon servers, friends.nico, will be shut down after a month.
There have been changes to operators on large servers so far, but it is the first time for large servers to be shut down, and attention is being paid to what effect this may have.
Japan's mastodon user's timeline is temporarily bustling with this topic.
Official announcement
https://blog.nicovideo.jp/niconews/105071.html
News Site Articles
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1903/28/news112.html
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@astheroth friends.nico is the third largest server in Japan, with about 48,000 users.
It was the sixth largest in the world.
A company that operates a video sharing site, etc. operated it, but the profit deteriorated and it ended up providing many services.
Closing the Mastoson server is part of that.
We are very sorry for this.
@noellabo I had a friend that often uses that server. So I understand a bit and I'm feeling sorry and worried at the same time...
When you feel a node as your house... which you had been using for a long time and you lose it due censorship, banning or closing is like having lost a part of you and a part of your history. And you feel homeless for a while...
Hope their users could find a new house in this network.
The best wishes for them :/