one day, !GS could automate things more: 1. it recognizes, it doesn't get the dents of users from another still-running GS instance (1). 2. and then: shows a msg to the admin: "you can run script xyz, so you get their msgs again" OR "click here, and let me fix it". It nerves me to plumber the DB always. This is stupid, I can waste my time otherwise. Users not versed in DB-plumbing activities will have bigger trouble and might give up their instance. (1) (e.g. because the instance changed, be it http -> https or whatever) cc !gnusocial @lnxw48