Post #2994195
2026-05-03 15:42 UTC
@wdlindsy@toad.social
Just to flesh that out a little bit: you keep your follows, your followers, your bookmarks and your blocks, and, if other users have blocked you, you stay blocked by them. However, you lose all the messages that you've posted in the past. How much of a penalty that is depends on how and why you use Fedi.
I've moved a few times in the past, and it's always worked. I've even moved from Mastodon to *oma and from there to Glitch Social, and it's worked every time.
Pro tip: if your account is locked (i.e. you manually approve follow requests) then it's worth unlocking it immediately before the migration and re-locking it a few minutes afterwards. Otherwise, you'll need to re-approve each follower by hand, which gets a bit tedious.
The whole process is written up here:
https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/
@AnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social
Replies (3)
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@FediThing@social.chinwag.org 2026-05-03 16:16
@CppGuy@infosec.space @wdlindsy@toad.social @AnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social I wrote the guide, let me know if there's anything you want clarified! 🙂
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@wdlindsy@toad.social 2026-05-03 21:12
@CppGuy@infosec.space @AnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social Thank you. This is exceptionally helpful. I'm grateful.
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@AnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social 2026-05-04 00:20
@CppGuy@infosec.space thank you for this information. I used it when I moved and it was super helpful. Why I love Mastodon. There’s always someone with the knowledge willing to share. That’s the world I want, too. @wdlindsy@toad.social