Mariatta 🤦♀️ :python:I'm now thinking of moving to a different instance, maybe fosstodon (if it will let me in there)
Has anyone done this before? How does this work?
Linh Pham@mariatta Moving between instances wasn't too difficult for me (went from mastodon.lol to hachyderm.io). From the instance that you are moving from, you can export the list of accounts you follow.
From the instance that you're moving to, you would add the other account as an alias and import in the list.
Something like this: 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.
@qlp I was reading that post but it seems quite outdated (written in 2019) so wasn't sure of its accuracy nowadays 😬
@mariatta I wish I documented the steps that I took when I migrated... although I think I ended up importing my list before I added the alias and completed the move.
So far, it doesn't seem to have caused any problems... yet 😶