Transferring some of my old posts from mastodon.lol over to this instance, so I don't lose them forever.

I'm going to be switching over to this instance soon, so please bear with me.

Thanks for your patience for those of you seeing a whole bunch of my posts on your Home feed.
#movinginstances #InstanceMigration #ADHDmemes #Raccoon

Working on migrating my stuff from the mastodon.lol instance.
It really sucks that the admin over there has been harassed so much that he quit. Why do so many people suck? And specifically, suck so hard at the people who are just trying to do some good in the world? It's incredibly depressing.

#MovingInstances #JoinIn #Today

I'm considering #MovingInstances for the new year. Has anyone had any experience with this that would care to offer some tips? Dos & donts?
#mastodontips #mastodon
@feditips

@Teri_Kanefield@mstdn.social @Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online @shaman @ronwurzer @Circuitous @tom4okstate @pops @humanbean @mguhlin@zirk.us @delguapo @colinjessop @klhfarm @potterbug @Officialwhich @Mig @mguhlin@mastodon.education @martwest

I have tried #movinginstances twice and never had a problem with followers. You have to manually upload those you wish to follow but since you have the above accounts properly formatted all you need to do for those is to copy-paste and save as a .csv which you can upload in "Imports".

You probably did lose your old posts as even the archives don't seem to save them, which I found out by losing a post or two which were lovingly crafted.

#howto Next time I will copy and download my best posts. Live and learn...

What are the pros and cons of migrating to another instance once you’ve been established on one?

Is there any real reason to move?

Just really curious.

#mastodon #MovingInstances

Quick question. While moving instances from Akkoma based (Pleroma fork) to Mastodon based, should people I follow move to, or do I have to import them manually?

#movinginstances

@feditips I'm still not very clear on how the #MovingInstances works. I move follows/followers to new instance, but posts stay on the old instance, and if someone comments on a old post or follows my old instance, will i get notified on the new instance? Or is there a way to get notified on new instance of the old instance activity? Will i have to check both for a while?

@ericbrookfield and on another topic #MovingInstances in #mastodon is easy.

1. create an account on a new instance
2. go to 'edit profile' on each account
3. on the instance you're moving from click on 'moving to' and enter your new location
4. on the instance you're moving to click 'moving from' and enter your old location

That's it. All your people will be moved over and your toots posted on your new address.

The real question is:

Have I moved?

- Yes and No.

Yes in that the #Mastodon #MovingInstances functionality worked without any errors...

No in that all my #Followings are still here. Hello followings!

Did you know that you are all the accounts that I am following?

Wait a minute, I need to follow 1 more account now, what's it's name?

Oh yeah that account there on #somewhere.

I'm slowly & carefully trying, and then #movinginstances. I won't be frequenting here as much while I make sure I've properly shifted over everything I want.

Anyway, I'll check back here for any notifications, but I'll be posting replying over at the new place.

JSYK The new instance link is in my bio. This post will also get pinned.

@ImADifferentBird @thomas Hopefully this can help you out: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Patricia/109395204448620858

#movinginstances

I’m planning to move instances to mastodon.art, as it seems like a better fit for me.

Found a few guides here and there; I think I’ve got it sussed, but thought I’d ask for tips and advice anyway before I go ahead, just in case there might be some pitfalls I’m unaware of.

Anything I need to know first?

Looks like it’s not possible to transfer my posts over to the new instance though—unless that’s changed recently? No big deal, but if there’s a way to do it, would be nice.

#MovingInstances

I’m thinking of moving my account to med-mastodon as I’m just not seeing my medical colleagues posts, meaning I’m missing out on a huge amount of information and learning when compared with the bird site.

I’ve read lots, but still can’t work out - do I have to create my new profile first before moving or is it created during the process of moving? I would like to move rather than just redirect and I don’t want two accounts.

Thanks in advance! 🙌🏻 #MovingInstances

Moving instances seems to have gone smoothly.

Needed to download and re-upload a list of folks I was following, but existing followers seem to have been transferred.

Old posts live on in the old instance and if the reader clicks on my profile they jump to this new instance.

No record of old posts in this new instance, but I guess that's to be expected.

#MovingInstances

Of course, after this move I'm already thinking...

... I need to host my own instance.

Ngl, 10% of that is the Fediverse spirit, 90% is what silly name I could give it?

Is there already a FullLuxuryQueerSpaceCommunism.shed?

#MovingInstances #ChoosingAServer

Would really like to move to pagan.plus
Can any walk me through moving instances?
#Help
#MovingInstances

Man it feels good to consolidate to just one instance.

I followed this article's instructions to migrate: https://screenrant.com/mastodon-change-servers-migrate-account-how/

#migratinginstances #mastodon #movinginstances

@jensimmons #movinginstances from mastodon.social to here:

I exported-then-imported my follows. You can do that in Preferences -> Import and export. Note that follows is the only thing you can export/import; not followers, not profile. It took time to switch my follows; it wasm't an instant process.