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.Ss Migrating from snac to Mastodon .Ss Migrating from snac to Mastodon
Since version 2.60, you can migrate your Since version 2.60, you can migrate your
.Nm .Nm
account to other ActivityPub instances. I will describe the process to do it from account to other ActivityPub instances. What is described here is the process to do it from
.Nm .Nm
to Mastodon; on other software implementations, it will surely be very different. All to Mastodon; on other software implementations, it will surely be somewhat different. All
the steps regarding your the steps regarding your
.Nm .Nm
account must be done from the command line. For the sake of the example, let's account must be done from the command line. For the sake of the example, let's
@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ then click on
.Vt Create an account alias .Vt Create an account alias
and follow the instructions. (When it asks you to and follow the instructions. (When it asks you to
write your old account’s handle, it needs to include the @ at the start write your old account’s handle, it needs to include the @ at the start
as well as the @ in the middle, in our example, @origin@snac.example.org). as well as the @ in the middle; as of our example, @origin@snac.example.org).
According to the link above, you must wait at least five minutes for It seems this step is not performed immediately, you must wait an unspecified
this to be effective. number of minutes for this to be effective.
.Pp .Pp
4. Meanwhile, you must tell 4. Meanwhile, you must tell
.Nm .Nm
@ -447,14 +447,15 @@ snac alias $SNAC_BASEDIR origin "@destination@mastodon.example.com"
to start the migration process, that will consist in iterating all the to start the migration process, that will consist in iterating all the
people that follows your account and sending them a people that follows your account and sending them a
.Vt Move .Vt Move
message, notifying all of them that they must unfollow your old account message, that acts as a suggestion to unfollow your old account
and follow the new one. The command is and follow the new one. The command is
.Bd -literal -offset indent .Bd -literal -offset indent
snac migrate $SNAC_BASEDIR origin snac migrate $SNAC_BASEDIR origin
.Ed .Ed
.Pp .Pp
This process can be very long and unreliable. I recommend you to read This process can be very long and unreliable; any destination server may be down,
the document I linked above to know how heartbreaking it can be. too busy, disconnected or gone. I recommend you to read the document I linked
above to know about all the sorrows awaiting.
.Ss Migrating from Mastodon to snac .Ss Migrating from Mastodon to snac
User migration from different Fediverse instances is a pain in the ass User migration from different Fediverse instances is a pain in the ass
that has been implemented everywhere as a kludgy afterthought. There is that has been implemented everywhere as a kludgy afterthought. There is