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Is there a way to transfer your account to another instance? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not yet! I hope that eventually this is implemented. Mastodon had a similar problem and they kind of, sort of solved it?!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interesting, how did they solve it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You have to create a new account on a new server then use the account migration tool. It’s not perfect; you’ll keep your followers but I think your posts won’t transfer over. Notes from the tool:

Before proceeding, please read these notes carefully:

This action will move all followers from the current account to the new account

Your current account’s profile will be updated with a redirect notice and be excluded from searches

No other data will be moved automatically

The new account must first be configured to back-reference this one

After moving there is a waiting period during which you will not be able to move again

Your current account will not be fully usable afterwards. However, you will have access to data export as well as re-activation.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It seems that the answer is complicated. Check this out: https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-migrate-to-different-mastodon-server/