Now I'm wondering if another Mastodon server might be more appropriate for me.

How often to people jump from server to server here? Or am I stuck in this one forever?

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.

@pixelnull Thanks! I'm not planning on moving yet, but that'll be helpful if/when I do.
@robertkstarr i don't know what they are but there a few things that don't perfectly translate when moving, but i hear they aren't showstoppers
@pixelnull @robertkstarr I think the only big one is it doesn't currently move your toots! (REF: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423)
Support Post Migration · Issue #12423 · mastodon/mastodon

#177 – Support Account Migration – was closed after implementing follower migration, but this is only one small part of a true migration. To really be able to change instances, you need to be able ...

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