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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

But here’s a bonus feature: many platforms allow you to easily migrate your account to a new instance.

But Lemmy isn't one of those platforms. Right?

Generally I agree with the article that the shutdown of lemm.ee isn't a big deal. It sucks for sure, but the Fediverse survives.

Personally I don't care about account migration. Export/import works fine, but I get that it's a little clunky for some.

Community migration is something that I think is more important and as I understand PieFed handles this. Hopefully Lemmy will someday and even better between Lemmy & PieFed.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Lemmy allows a user to export their subscriptions, blocks, and saved posts /comments in a JSON file from their account settings page.

    That file can then be imported into a new account on any other Lemmy (and even Piefed) instance.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    But Lemmy isn’t one of those platforms. Right?

    Not for content but that wasn't what you asked for.

    I migrated an account loooong ago and the only thing that didn't copy/transfer by themselves was my posts. Dunno how much better it has gotten since then but what "makes" the account is so far quite easily exportable and importable.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It doesnt mean anything but its good to get these kind of practices while Lemmy is still small. It seems the.migration process has come along way since 2 years ago.

    Hopefully one day we can copy and pay entire threads and comments into the new community or have 100% transfer.

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