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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:34:49 JST FediTips has moved!

   If you're transferring your Mastodon account to another server, be careful not to press 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 anywhere.

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

   #FediTips #Mastodon

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     Phil Sherry (philsherry@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:38:14 JST Phil Sherry

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     • Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)

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

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     George Guimarães (georgeguimaraes@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:46:46 JST George Guimarães

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

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:46:46 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • George Guimarães

     @georgeguimaraes

     You will get the archive file, but it won't be any use in transferring.

     I'm mainly trying to reach people who had been trying to upload that file in the transfer process.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:51:31 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • George Guimarães

     @georgeguimaraes

     I've edited the original post to make it a bit less "DON'T PRESS THIS BUTTON!" 😁

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     George Guimarães (georgeguimaraes@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:51:32 JST George Guimarães

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     @feditips got it! I thought it would interfere in some way in the transfer process. Good to know!

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:52:09 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Artifex

     @Artifex

     Yes, someone else just said so too, I've edited it to tone it down a bit :)

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     Artifex (artifex@artisan.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:52:10 JST Artifex

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     @feditips ... "be careful not to press it" sounds like it will cause a problem, when in fact why wouldn't you want a copy of your data for yourself? It's your data, and it will go away if that server fails.

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     Jimmy Smutek (smutek@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 04:58:46 JST Jimmy Smutek

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     @feditips I transferred to my current server in January and the process went smoothly. I was on the previous server about 2 months.

     Can I migrate back to the server I migrated from if I decided I want to do that? Would the migration process be the same?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 05:14:34 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Jimmy Smutek

     @smutek

     Yes, you can, as long as it's been longer than 30 days.

     The process should be the same, as far as I know.

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     Monique (crazydutchy@tulipgardenshow.masto.host)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 05:19:59 JST Monique

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     @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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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 19:42:08 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Tattooed_Mummy
     • Dan Shick

     @Tattooed_mummy @datn

     It can also be used by other Fedi platforms, Calckey uses it to transfer posts if you move your Mastodon account to Calckey.

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     Tattooed_Mummy (tattooed_mummy@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 19:42:25 JST Tattooed_Mummy

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     • Dan Shick

     @datn @feditips I've never tried it, is it readable like the twitter archive?

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     Dan Shick (datn@hact.org)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 19:42:36 JST Dan Shick

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     @feditips might be a good idea to state why you think they shouldn’t press this button. even though the archive is currently unimportable most places, it is fair to say that may change soon thanks to the ever-evolving codebases of fedi software. people should have a copy of their archives just in case.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 19:45:37 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • adwaita

     @waimus

     Yes, you can reactivate the old account as long as you don't delete it.

     However, the followers which transferred over to your new account will be gone to your new account.

     The reason it works like this is to stop someone gathering a load of followers and then duplicating them multiple times to strangers without the followers' knowledge.

     Followers can manually follow your old account as well, by the way, but you would have to ask them to do so.

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     adwaita (waimus@peoplemaking.games)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 19:45:38 JST adwaita

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     @feditips Let's say I've successfully migrated, and leave the old account redirecting for several days/weeks.

     What happen if I log into the old account and I click `cancel` migration? Can do that to repurpose my old account for something else and leave the follower/ing data on the new account?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 20:02:02 JST FediTips has moved!

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     p.s. Just to make clear, it is a good idea to download an archive, it just isn't used in the transfer process. The idea of the archive is to have a personal copy of everything you've posted.

     The archive isn't currently readable by Mastodon, but it is readable by other software. Another Fediverse platform Calckey is currently testing a feature that lets you import posts from your old Mastodon account to your new Calckey account, and this uses your Mastodon archive.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 20:05:24 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Gen X-Wing
     • Chris Trottier
     • EllenJS

     @EllenJS @breadbin @atomicpoet

     It is difficult to fit everything in one post, I am at the character limit! 😁

     The post transfer on Calckey is still on the release candidate, not on the release version. I'll wait until it's actually released before including it in instructions.

     However, I've added a second post to make a mini-thread which mentions why someone would want an archive and that Calckey is testing post transfers using the archive.

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     Gen X-Wing (breadbin@bitbang.social)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 20:05:27 JST Gen X-Wing

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     @feditips I believe this is mastodon to mastodon right? Might want to throw in a tiny disclaimer if needed. I believe the process might be different for something like #calckey.

     (Also I might have dreamt this, but doesn’t calckey transfer posts as well?)

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     EllenJS (ellenjs@mstdn.plus)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 20:05:27 JST EllenJS

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     • Gen X-Wing
     • Chris Trottier

     @breadbin
     I don’t believe you dreamt it. @atomicpoet should be able to confirm or correct (if prior posts can be transferred to CalcKey servers).

     @feditips

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     i@ck.djw.li's status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 20:12:27 JST i

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     @feditips@mstdn.social I'll have to look into that - I'm running the beta version of CK on my personal instance (the one I'm posting from) and that would be a useful thing to have.
     
     Doubly useful, since I don't see a technical reason that would preclude archives from multiple servers being imported.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 03:18:56 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Max Utis

     @maxutis

     Most common would be:

     -Your old server has announced it is shutting down (all the servers on https://fedi.garden and https://joinmastodon.org/servers have promised to give three months warning if they close)

     OR

     -You are interested in another server's features, perhaps because it has better moderation or higher character limits or local-only post visibility or whatever.

     OR

     -You want to be part of another server's community features, perhaps you are interested in its Local timeline etc

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     Max Utis (maxutis@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Jun-2023 03:18:57 JST Max Utis

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