Erin M. May, PhDLooking into moving instances now that astrodon.social is up and running.
Looks like I can move my followers, but is it true that I can't move my posts? Will they disappear from this account? I hate to lose all my threads 😩
Peter Mount@_astronoMay Had to double check, it should include all posts
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/how-to-migrate-from-one-server-to-another/
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/how-to-migrate-from-one-server-to-another/
How to migrate from one server to another
With the sad news that KNZK was shutting down we thought it might be useful for people to have a refresher on the features that Mastodon has built in that make moving instances easy and painless. Backing up Your Data Data export If you are moving to a new instance the first thing you will want to do is to get a backup of all of your data. Thankfully this process is painless with the Data Export tab under the “Import and Export” page.
Daniel Howard 🌻@peter @_astronoMay batch processes these days may be delayed because servers are seeing more traffic, which is to say maybe your old posts will still come over but not for some days possibly.
@dannyman @_astronoMay true but then you wouldn't get even your existing followers if you request a backup as that part would also be held up.