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Can an account be transferred to another instance ? (feddit.online)
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[–] 5 points 4 months ago (14 children)

An account can't, but you can export your subscriptions in settings

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (13 children)

    What's the process ?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (12 children)

    There was a good write up here:

    https://slrpnk.net/comment/22752860

    There's an import and export feature. You can click on the gear symbol (at the top, right) and go to "Import & Export" export your settings and subscriptions on the old instance, and import them on the new one. That will at least take care of your subscriptions and user settings.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    @dosdude@retrofed.com may l transfer my account @loveespresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to your instance ?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Sure. Account approved!

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (7 children)

    Why did you direct me to the lemmy version ?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Did you even bother to try? Because I just tried with my piefed account and it works, including the links the OOP provided for you.

    So was your reply born of laziness? Or your typical bad faith posting?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (5 children)

    I need to sit at the laptop to do this, and all my time and energy went in configuring git and setting up SSH key. It's my brother's laptop, and it's not accessible always.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    I was able to do it from my phone while on the toilet this morning.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (3 children)

    Hello there, l've downloaded and imported the JSON file. It only imported my subscriptions. But my main account and the posts that l have made isn't showing up.

    Going to bed now ! Shall catch up tomorrow !!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    You cannot import your posts or comments. You can only import subscriptions, saved posts/comments, settings, and blocks.

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    • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    you can import in your settings, but your acct cant be transferred to another one. i dont think any other platform does this.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    @rimu@piefed.social @snoopy@piefed.social can this be made possible ??

    This tests the limit of the activity pub protocol.

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