I have wondered how migrating instances would work. Would anything come with me to a new account on a new instance or is it still similar to moving from Reddit where I’m starting over?
Mastodon has a way to migrate so it’s possible with ActivityPub. There’s an open issue for migraine instances that wasn’t closed so I assume it’s planned. I have no idea if it’s being actively worked on though.
At the same time, we are seeing lots of requests to implement major new features, such as migration between instances, or combining similar communities. As described above, we are completely overloaded with work, and definitely won’t have time to implement these in the near future. If there is a feature you want to see implemented, you will likely need to work on it yourself, or find someone who can.
So no, currently you can’t move. You can only create a new account on another instance, and start using that instead. At least you’re still on the same platform.
Given the popularity of the issue, I would assume it will find a solution. But given no one is assigned to it yet, we probably still have no people willing to work on it.
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I have wondered how migrating instances would work. Would anything come with me to a new account on a new instance or is it still similar to moving from Reddit where I’m starting over?
Mastodon has a way to migrate so it’s possible with ActivityPub. There’s an open issue for migraine instances that wasn’t closed so I assume it’s planned. I have no idea if it’s being actively worked on though.
It’s an open issue on GitHub, and was featured in the recent dev blog:
So no, currently you can’t move. You can only create a new account on another instance, and start using that instead. At least you’re still on the same platform.
Given the popularity of the issue, I would assume it will find a solution. But given no one is assigned to it yet, we probably still have no people willing to work on it.
pulls out a pocket Gandalf who puffs an Uncle Sam in the air, pointing at YOU