Today I was made aware that beehaw.org blocked my entire instance. I would be ok if I simply could not write a post/comment in beehaw, that would be reasonable.

Unfortunately the beehaw users can no longer see my posts, which is a problem when I’m trying to be active and promote other communities on other non-blocked instances. What a mess.

I’d like to know if it’s possible to migrate my account to another instance without losing my post history or at the very least the communities I’m subscribed to. My account is only 6 days old so it’s not much a problem today, but this can be a recurring problem and if no migration path is available I might have to consider self-hosting or leaving lemmy altogether.

Thanks in advance.

  • HSL@wayfarershaven.euEnglish
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    2 years ago

    None of that is currently possible - the best option would be to create your new user, then resubscribe to your communities. Bonus: if you use the same username on federated instances, this shows up on your profile.

    Given that this is possible on Mastodon, I’d expect to see it on Lemmy at some point.

  • LachlanUnchained@lemmyunchained.netEnglish
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    2 years ago

    As far as I’m aware, it’s not possible to migrate to a new server. Not your user account. Or your communities.

    I note on GitHub, Some see it as a bug. Others as a feature.

  • psychothumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    That would be a good feature. I think at this point we sort of need to write off beehaw though, they seem to want to be their own totally separate thing.

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    The devs have spoken about this. Quoting Nutomic:

    Or you could just put a link to your old account into your bio. So this might be a useful feature, but very very low priority. // More useful could be import/export of settings and subscriptions (also much easier to implement).

    So there are plans to address this in the future, so you don’t lose your data from server migration, but migrating the account itself is low priority. (Even then if someone found a way to do this, and submitted a pull request, they’d probably accept it.)

    • pathief@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      It’s a shame, really. Putting the old account in the bio doesn’t really address the issue.

      An option to migrate your account should be more than very very low priority, lemmy.ml is struggling hard. How many people are stuck in that server because they don’t want to abandon their data?

      Don’t really want to turn this into a discussion tho, you have answered my question and I thank you very much for it!

  • aspseka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 years ago

    No, it’s not (currently) possible. On the other hand, it’s maybe a few days worth of posts, so…

    Be warned though that beehaw are quick to unfederate. It’s been >300 blocked instances yesterday…

  • Hedup@lemm.eeEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    Why do you want them to see your posts and comments so much? The rest of the federation should be plenty of audience, right?

  • notun@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    You have fewer than 50 comments. Resubbing is trivial and there is no karma points to accrue. Just make a new account if you desire.

    • pathief@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      My account is only 6 days old so it’s not much a problem today, but this can be a recurring problem and if no migration path is available I might have to consider self-hosting or leaving lemmy altogether.