@feditips It would be useful if it mentioned that you can not reuse your email address on the new server. You need to specify another email address.

@feditips @andthisismrspeacock Hopefully helpful?

@feditips Thanks for sharing this. I’m hopeful the transfer process will get easier …

@feditips it's probably worth mentioning on that page that while the archive request function does not affect the server migration process, it does contain all the posts made to that server which people might want to keep for themselves.

This is particularly relevant in cases where the entire instance is being shut down, as is currently the case with #MastodonLoL.

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#mastodonlolimplosion #MastodonLol

@feditips how quaint! The dark ages of code...

@feditips cukup sulit bagi orang awam, namun tidak mustahil dilakukan.

Tips untuk memindahkan akun Mastodon ke server lain

@feditips I really regretted changing servers. It's always shown as "hey wow, you can change servers on Mastodon! 😍"
But in reality, it's not an easy process, many of my posts are no longer available, and my profile now reads "joined in December 2022" when I really joined Mastodon in 2019.

I do not recommend changing servers unless you really have to.

@feditips It would seem a bit problematic transferring your Followers since they would not be on the same server as the one you move to.

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One thing I found to be a pleasant surprise, was that I didn't need to use another email account for my new Mastodon profile. I only had to use a different password off of the same email account.

@feditips I can see this account on my PC, but I can only see my digitalfist@this.server on my phone. I have tried migrating it but it appeared to just disable both for about a week so I'm really not sure what the point is. Ideally I'd like one, probably just here, but it looks like I might have to have one on the main server as well. I have the same problem there too, as I created two accounts by accident when I was kicked out of one by some glitch for no reason.

@feditips Can you explain why I would want to switch

@feditips thank you. I didn't see this before. Some complex life stuff been going on and I haven't been on here for days.

@feditips any opinion to transfer the posts too?

@feditips Hey, generally really appreciate what this account does.

I'm wondering if we could move away from the term "account migration" or "transferring your account." I feel like, since we can't move any of our content to a new server, it can be really frustrating for new folks to find that out after being told "everything is awesome! You can totally move your account to a new server!" Because when the average not-in-the-loop person hears "transfer your account" that sounds to them like transferring everything. And that is not the case.

@feditips I'm pretty sure that when moving to a new account these things are lost:

- filters you've set up
- hashtags you follow
- lists you've set up

I don't know of a way to transfer these - maybe others do?

Anyway, if you know about it in advance then you can gather that info in advance and then manually set them up on your new account.

@feditips I really really really wish I read this before I moved my account and lost all my the people I followed :'(

@feditips the only reasons any would want to do this is if the server you created your profile on is about to be shut down right? 🤔

@feditips thank you ☝️💚

@feditips do not forget that if you move to a #pleroma instance you are no longer able to move back to mastodon.