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384.Ss Migrating from snac to Mastodon 384.Ss Migrating from snac to Mastodon
385Since version 2.60, you can migrate your 385Since version 2.60, you can migrate your
386.Nm 386.Nm
387account to other ActivityPub instances. I will describe the process to do it from 387account to other ActivityPub instances. What is described here is the process to do it from
388.Nm 388.Nm
389to Mastodon; on other software implementations, it will surely be very different. All 389to Mastodon; on other software implementations, it will surely be somewhat different. All
390the steps regarding your 390the steps regarding your
391.Nm 391.Nm
392account must be done from the command line. For the sake of the example, let's 392account must be done from the command line. For the sake of the example, let's
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428.Vt Create an account alias 428.Vt Create an account alias
429and follow the instructions. (When it asks you to 429and follow the instructions. (When it asks you to
430write your old account’s handle, it needs to include the @ at the start 430write your old account’s handle, it needs to include the @ at the start
431as well as the @ in the middle, in our example, @origin@snac.example.org). 431as well as the @ in the middle; as of our example, @origin@snac.example.org).
432According to the link above, you must wait at least five minutes for 432It seems this step is not performed immediately, you must wait an unspecified
433this to be effective. 433number of minutes for this to be effective.
434.Pp 434.Pp
4354. Meanwhile, you must tell 4354. Meanwhile, you must tell
436.Nm 436.Nm
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447to start the migration process, that will consist in iterating all the 447to start the migration process, that will consist in iterating all the
448people that follows your account and sending them a 448people that follows your account and sending them a
449.Vt Move 449.Vt Move
450message, notifying all of them that they must unfollow your old account 450message, that acts as a suggestion to unfollow your old account
451and follow the new one. The command is 451and follow the new one. The command is
452.Bd -literal -offset indent 452.Bd -literal -offset indent
453snac migrate $SNAC_BASEDIR origin 453snac migrate $SNAC_BASEDIR origin
454.Ed 454.Ed
455.Pp 455.Pp
456This process can be very long and unreliable. I recommend you to read 456This process can be very long and unreliable; any destination server may be down,
457the document I linked above to know how heartbreaking it can be. 457too busy, disconnected or gone. I recommend you to read the document I linked
458above to know about all the sorrows awaiting.
458.Ss Migrating from Mastodon to snac 459.Ss Migrating from Mastodon to snac
459User migration from different Fediverse instances is a pain in the ass 460User migration from different Fediverse instances is a pain in the ass
460that has been implemented everywhere as a kludgy afterthought. There is 461that has been implemented everywhere as a kludgy afterthought. There is