If you're transferring your Mastodon account to another server, don't use the "Archive Request" button.

This button is not used in the transfer process, it's only there for you to download a copy of your data for personal use. The archive produced by this button cannot be uploaded to Mastodon.

There's a step-by-step guide to the full transfer process (including transferring followers, follows, mutes, blocks and bookmarks) at fedi.tips/transferring-your-ma.

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ThatOneCalculator :calcdumpy: :misskey:

@feditips@mstdn.social

This button is not used in the transfer process, it's only there for you to download a copy of your data for personal use. The archive produced by this button cannot be uploaded anywhere.
This is untrue. In Calckey, you can upload that archive and it'll import your old Mastodon posts.
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George Guimarães

@feditips what happens if I press that button if I'm transferring my Mastodon account?

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Phil Sherry

@feditips Are you aware of #MastodonContentMover by @tokyo_0?

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@feditips @th0maswaschosen

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/@lamp@berserker.town

@feditips but do press it anyways to get an archive of your old account!

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Monique

@feditips So what can you do with that archive then, I have never been able to figure that out and I am not too technical.

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Joy Denebeim :verified_trans:

@feditips well I somewhat disagree. You lose control of all the binaries that you uploaded with the account you're leaving. So putting it in an archive is not a bad idea. But this is an addition too. What you need to do to move not instead of

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Steven Roose

@feditips @mastodonmigration That kinda sucks though, that that archive can't be uploaded to #Mastodon. The migration process makes little sense in the first place, because generally you want to migrate when your existing server shut down. To me it seems the only way to do that is to periodically download an archive. The migration process is to migrate from one working server to another. But it doesn't work if you're banned or the server is down.

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Daniel Brotherston

@feditips Honest question here: What is the use of the archive button then?

An archive of data that cannot be read by Mastodon seems like rotted bits.

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Max Utis

@feditips what are the most common reasons why people transfer to another server?

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PJ Coffey

@feditips

How would you make a copy of your followers and people following you?

The importance of back-ups is always a concern in any computing related situation.

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