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> Please note that Mastodon can move your followers, but it can’t transfer your old posts or uploaded media to your new account. If you want to keep a copy, dow
by dewey 2mo ago
> Please note that Mastodon can move your followers, but it can’t transfer your old posts or uploaded media to your new account. If you want to keep a copy, download an archive.
Sadly that's still an open issue that from time to time gets new input, but doesn't have a lot of traction. I feel like that's a big blind spot of Mastodon to this day and also basically forces people to stick to the largest instances that are less likely to go away, defeating the purpose of a distributed social network.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423
- senderista 2mo agoIt's also a source of power for mods.
- culi 2mo agoThere's this if you want an automated way to download and repost your content: https://mastodoncontentmover.github.io/ https://mastodoncontentmover.github.io/
- deleted 2mo ago[deleted]
- bellowsgulch 2mo agoI always feel like stuff like this is more or less intentional. Projects make their priorities known based on the priorities of their work.