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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 20:36:11 JST Aral Balkan

   Hello, new folks from Twitter,

   - Welcome to the fediverse!

   - If you’ve joined mastodon.social because it was the default option on the app, please look to move to a smaller instance so mastodon.social doesn’t grow to become Twitter 2.0. (You can use https://instances.social to find a new instance or ask folks on here for suggestions.)

   - Please add alternate text to your images so people who use screen readers can join in too. (https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/describe-content-images)

   #TwitterMigration #mastodon #fediverse

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     Ben Evans (kittylyst@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 20:42:35 JST Ben Evans

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     @aral I've been thinking of doing this for a while, but I'm still not completely clear on what happens if I do - e.g. what happens to my existing graph, posts, etc.

     Do you have a link to a good guide on this?

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 20:42:35 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Ben Evans

     @kittylyst From what I understand (I have my own instance so I haven’t had to do it myself), you have to export your posts manually and reimport them to your new account. Your followers, etc., should migrate over automatically.

     Not sure about a guide but I’ll boost your post so others can chime in and help :)

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 20:49:22 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Ben Evans
     • אייל | eyal 🍉:vegan:

     @eyal @kittylyst Oh, wow, ok, what’s the use of an archive if you can’t reimport them? Can’t believe that hasn’t been a priority in the last seven+ years.

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     אייל | eyal 🍉:vegan: (eyal@leftodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 20:49:23 JST אייל | eyal 🍉:vegan:

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     • Ben Evans

     @aral @kittylyst
     You can't reimport your posts, you can only download them as an archive. However, you can migrate your followers, followings, and bookmarks.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 20:55:13 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Ben Evans
     • nellie-m

     @nellie_m @kittylyst Thanks :)

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     nellie-m (nellie_m@autisticpri.de)'s status on Sunday, 02-Jul-2023 20:55:14 JST nellie-m

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     • Ben Evans

     @aral @kittylyst

     here’s a step by step instruction.

     https://allthings.how/how-to-migrate-from-one-mastodon-server-to-another/

     When you upload your lists on your new server, pay attention to the drop down menu. It defaults to “following” so select block if you upload your block list. Just saying 🤣