In earnest suggestion to migrate off mastodon
Many people are considering leaving #Mastodon for a number of reasons, not only does it lack key features like Custom Markup or quote boosts, Because the leadership of the project are openly collaborating with #Zuckerberg 's #Threads adventure and publicly courting american Techo Capital at large. The reason we're here to to get as far away from corporation money and their assorted shady business practices as possible.Luckily there other fully functional platforms that don't have CEO's and are maintained by a fraction of the funds. I like #Akkoma and #IceShrimp, #Sharkey or #GoToSocial might be a good choice also. There are many others, these are just the ones I tried.
You can find instances with open registrations at fedidb.org or fediverse.observer, check to see if your friends instances have open registration. You don't have to delete your old Mastodon account, and sometimes it's hard to find a nice instance. Keep eye out, ask around