A certain Chrome alternative is closing its Mastodon server. For those who are looking for a new instance to move to, might I suggest joinmastodon.org. For the actual how-to of moving, fedi.tips has you covered.

https://mastodon.isbrill.com/mastodon-news/moving-instance/

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How to move to a new instance!

Making a quick note because a lot of folks have been asking and these are the two best references I've found that I like.

FediTips has instructions here (also that is such a great account to follow for more useful info!):
https://mstdn.social/@feditips/107939441820299376

I also really like this set of instructions, a bit lengthier but I like the extra explanation for things:

https://codingitwrong.com/2022/10/10/migrating-a-mastodon-account.html

#feditips #fediverse #mastodontips #movingtoanewinstance #instancemigration

Fedi.Tips (@[email protected])

UPDATE: If you want to transfer your account to another server, here's how to do it: âžĄïž https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server This guide is a bit longer than other guides as it includes moving your followers, follows and blocks/mutes/bookmarks. (By the way, sorry for people seeing notification of this post edit. I had to edit as the original contents were somewhat out of date. As this post now links to my website instead, you won't get any future update notices for this post.)

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