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-.Ss Migrating from Mastodon
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+.Ss Migrating from snac to Mastodon
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+Since version 2.60, you can migrate your
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+.Nm
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+account to other ActivityPub instances. I will describe the process to do it from
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+.Nm
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+to Mastodon; on other software implementations, it will surely be very different. All
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+the steps regarding your
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+.Nm
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+account must be done from the command line. For the sake of the example, let's
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+say that you want to migrate from an account named @origin@snac.example.org to
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+another one named @destination@mastodon.example.com and that both of them
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+already exist. I've used this very informative page as a guideline:
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+.Pp
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+.Lk https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/
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+.Pp
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+1. On your
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+.Nm
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+server, first export your data to CSV by running:
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+.Bd -literal -offset indent
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+snac export_csv $SNAC_BASEDIR origin
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+.Ed
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+.Pp
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+You'll find the following CSV files in the current directory:
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+.Pa bookmarks.csv ,
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+.Pa blocked_accounts.csv ,
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+.Pa lists.csv , and
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+.Pa following_accounts.csv .
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+.Pp
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+2. In the web interface of your new Mastodon account, click on
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+.Vt Preferences
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+>
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+.Vt Import and Export
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+>
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+.Vt Import
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+and upload the CSV files one at a time. You must specify the type of
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+file you are uploading.
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+.Pp
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+3. Still in the web interface of your new Mastodon account, click on
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+.Vt Preferences
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+>
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+.Vt Account
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+>
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+.Vt Moving From a Different Account ,
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+then click on
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+.Vt Create an account alias
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+and follow the instructions. (When it asks you to
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+write your old account’s handle, it needs to include the @ at the start
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+as well as the @ in the middle, in our example, @origin@snac.example.org).
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+According to the link above, you must wait at least five minutes for
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+this to be effective.
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+.Pp
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+4. Meanwhile, you must tell
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+.Nm
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+about your new account by creating an alias from your current one.
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+So, on your
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+.Nm
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+server, run
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+.Bd -literal -offset indent
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+snac alias $SNAC_BASEDIR origin "@destination@mastodon.example.com"
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+.Ed
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+.Pp
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+5. Finally, you must order
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+.Nm
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+to start the migration process, that will consist in iterating all the
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+people that follows your account and sending them a
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+.Vt Move
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+message, notifying all of them that they must unfollow your old account
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+and follow the new one. The command is
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+.Bd -literal -offset indent
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+snac migrate $SNAC_BASEDIR origin
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+.Ed
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+.Pp
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+This process can be very long and unreliable. I recommend you to read
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+the document I linked above to know how heartbreaking it can be.
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+.Ss Migrating from Mastodon to snac
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User migration from different Fediverse instances is a pain in the ass
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that has been implemented everywhere as a kludgy afterthought. There is
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not much that can be done, other than importing the list of people you
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