Another thing originally from a conversation I had with someone else that ought to be its own thing, so here you go!

Not happy with your current instance? Considering migrating? Here's a few steps!

1. Go to your settings, "Import and Export", go to "Export", and download everything you want to transfer over; they will be in .csv format; you can also request an archive of all your posts, that'll be sent via email when your instance is done compiling it, it'll be in a zip file.

2. Make the new account in a new instance.

3. In the "Account settings" on your NEW account, under "Moving from a different account", click "create an account alias.", then type in the handle of your OLD account.

4. Then, when you're ready, go to the account settings on your OLD account. Under "Move to a new account", click "configure it here"; you'll move to a page where you type in the handle of your NEW account, and the password of your OLD account. After that, the two instances will attempt to transfer ALL of your followers over to your NEW account. Some failures MAY occur, but you can double check your old account's follower page. The usual failures in my experience are usually other old accounts that now redirect to new accounts.

5. Go back to "Import and Export" on your NEW account, go under "Import", and you'll be able to import all the CSVs that you've exported from your old account. You MAY be informed of failures while importing, notably for your "Following" list, but you usually get a list of everything that failed to import.

6. Keep in mind that the ability to import posts from your old account depends on instance - Mastodon instances usually don't have this feature, while other places (i.e. Misskey/Calckey/Firefish) usually have this feature.

7. Keep in mind that if you are a hashtag follower, hashtags that you are following won't transfer over to your new account, nor is there currently a way (to my knowledge) to transfer them using an automatic process.

PLEASE correct me if there are any errors, and feel free to provide other tips and tricks!

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