Mark IgraI set up sciences.social as a place where social scientists can engaging and productive conversations online.
It’ll be supported as long as folks find it useful. Let me know if you have ideas how this space should be run.
Carl Schmertmann@markigra Hi, Mark. I set up a trial account on mstdn.social but would like to switch to sciences.social. How does switching servers work when the new server requires an invitation?
@CSchmert You sign up the new account first. I’ll approve, then you can go through the process of moving. I think this post explained that process well, but I haven’t done it myself. If you are moving from a busy server importing your follows can take a while. https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/#how-do-i-move-my-account-to-a-new-server
@CSchmert Shorter answer (I copied/pasted/edited from @absidd)
1. Sign up & get approved
2. In the new account, go to accounts and select "moving from another account".
3. Then enter your old account handle.
4. Now login to your old account, go to accounts, then select "moving to another account".
5. Then enter your new account handle.
6. Submit.