How do I move my account to another instance? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 hours ago by FrostyDog@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm still quite lost when it comes to the fediverse. I created an account on the main instance, however as I understood more how it works, it seems like certain instances that interest me are "defederated" from this instance, and vice versa. So now I want to move my account to be able to see those instances, however I want to keep my follows and my posts I have on this instance. Is that possible? I read that fediverse is resistant to censorship in this regard, so there must be something I'm missing here.

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[-] rikudou 1 points 5 hours ago

There's no "main" instance, lemmy.world is the largest one, though
You can check who have defederated with lemmy.world (or any other instance) here
As to your main question: You can't move an account, ActivityPub (and Lemmy) don't have such a feature. There are tools that can migrate your community subscriptions from one account to another (quick search shows for example this), but there's no way to transfer posts/comments. The best you can do is add a link to your bio saying your previous account is @FrostyDog@lemmy.world, at the same time, on your old account you can put a notice that the account is no longer used and people can find you on the new one.

[-] FrostyDog@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I see, thank you for the explanation. That does make it a little more convoluted than I had hoped. But I suppose it's either that or host an instance myself.

Anyway, thank you.

this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024

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