@blaine

You CAN export your data from platforms like Facebook. The missing part is the new social network implementing an importer that can parse that data and start rebuilding your network at your new digs.

Something the PixelFed folks around here are doing right is not ignoring that opportunity and building tools to bring your Instagram content over to their platform.

Next time you see a European, thank them for the GDPR which has resulted in these options.

#PixelFed #DataExport #GDPR

Running #SQL queries in our new #DataNotebook 📓 @code extension, rendering results with simple #DataTable, #DataSummary 🈷️ & #FlatDataGrid 中 from our #DataTableRenderers 🈸 + CSV #DataExport from VSCode Notebook cell output all in one go. We doubt #MalloyData is as flexible. 😎 #DataTools 🔬 ...

@textfiles the "categorized as: uncategorized" at the end made me chuckle. 😅

#Discord already allows you to export your own data: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004027692-Requesting-a-Copy-of-your-Data
But it looks like it will only contain your own messages: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004957991-Your-Discord-Data-Package
(Though I have yet to request my own archive...)
I guess it's because there's no kind of licensing option where users first have to agree that anything they post can be archived and republished at a later time by the Discord guild's founder. I guess an interim solution could be to have a bot automatically repost content tagged with a specific react emote, or anything pinned, to a private archive channel which would then be included in a periodic data export of the bot owner's account. Of course this still involves unnecessary gatekeeping, as the bot would need to be run by the guild's founder.

I remember being frustrated about this with the demise of #GooglePlus too; while it's nice to have an export of my own posts and comments, it also is incomplete; what made some of those posts actually valuable was the input from others, the discussions, the agreements and counterpoints.

I suspect this part of #DataLiberation is something that needs work across all platforms, including here on #Mastodon and in the extended #Fediverse. Allowing users to attach a license (likely a #CreativeCommons one) to their posts, so #DataExport options can also automatically include replies, or other relevant content contributed by community members on a third party platform, without potentially violating #DataPrivacy regulations such as the #GDPR.

(Which makes me wonder what the current state is of #TimBernersLee's #SOLID (https://solidproject.org/) project...)

Is it possible to get a #Mastodon #DataExport of just the posts, without media or anything else?
I really wish that was part of the export options, so I don't need to tax my instance more than needed when I just want to sift through all my posts body texts...

#MastoDev #FeatureRequest

You may have heard about the fact that you can't move your posts when you switch mastodon instances. In some (rare) cases you might even lose your posts and media altogether (https://cryptodon.lol/@lefteris/109371629076644756).

So please, please export your mastodon content on a weekly basis (choose "Preferences > Import and export > Data export").

And here is a nifty python script to view and full-text-search your exported data: https://github.com/blackle/mastodon-data-viewer.py

#Mastodon #DataExport #TwitterMigration

I was/am on another instance that is being blocked by some other instances for allowing the use of racial slurs. Created an account here because I have zero patience left. My question, have any of you tried #dataexport and #import from another #instance to this one? Tips and feedback please. Thanks.

I think my data export is stuck 🤔
#mastodon #dataexport