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| 384 | .Ss Migrating from snac to Mastodon | 384 | .Ss Migrating from snac to Mastodon |
| 385 | Since version 2.60, you can migrate your | 385 | Since version 2.60, you can migrate your |
| 386 | .Nm | 386 | .Nm |
| 387 | account to other ActivityPub instances. I will describe the process to do it from | 387 | account to other ActivityPub instances. What is described here is the process to do it from |
| 388 | .Nm | 388 | .Nm |
| 389 | to Mastodon; on other software implementations, it will surely be very different. All | 389 | to Mastodon; on other software implementations, it will surely be somewhat different. All |
| 390 | the steps regarding your | 390 | the steps regarding your |
| 391 | .Nm | 391 | .Nm |
| 392 | account must be done from the command line. For the sake of the example, let's | 392 | account must be done from the command line. For the sake of the example, let's |
| @@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ then click on | |||
| 428 | .Vt Create an account alias | 428 | .Vt Create an account alias |
| 429 | and follow the instructions. (When it asks you to | 429 | and follow the instructions. (When it asks you to |
| 430 | write your old account’s handle, it needs to include the @ at the start | 430 | write your old account’s handle, it needs to include the @ at the start |
| 431 | as well as the @ in the middle, in our example, @origin@snac.example.org). | 431 | as well as the @ in the middle; as of our example, @origin@snac.example.org). |
| 432 | According to the link above, you must wait at least five minutes for | 432 | It seems this step is not performed immediately, you must wait an unspecified |
| 433 | this to be effective. | 433 | number of minutes for this to be effective. |
| 434 | .Pp | 434 | .Pp |
| 435 | 4. Meanwhile, you must tell | 435 | 4. Meanwhile, you must tell |
| 436 | .Nm | 436 | .Nm |
| @@ -447,14 +447,15 @@ snac alias $SNAC_BASEDIR origin "@destination@mastodon.example.com" | |||
| 447 | to start the migration process, that will consist in iterating all the | 447 | to start the migration process, that will consist in iterating all the |
| 448 | people that follows your account and sending them a | 448 | people that follows your account and sending them a |
| 449 | .Vt Move | 449 | .Vt Move |
| 450 | message, notifying all of them that they must unfollow your old account | 450 | message, that acts as a suggestion to unfollow your old account |
| 451 | and follow the new one. The command is | 451 | and follow the new one. The command is |
| 452 | .Bd -literal -offset indent | 452 | .Bd -literal -offset indent |
| 453 | snac migrate $SNAC_BASEDIR origin | 453 | snac migrate $SNAC_BASEDIR origin |
| 454 | .Ed | 454 | .Ed |
| 455 | .Pp | 455 | .Pp |
| 456 | This process can be very long and unreliable. I recommend you to read | 456 | This process can be very long and unreliable; any destination server may be down, |
| 457 | the document I linked above to know how heartbreaking it can be. | 457 | too busy, disconnected or gone. I recommend you to read the document I linked |
| 458 | above to know about all the sorrows awaiting. | ||
| 458 | .Ss Migrating from Mastodon to snac | 459 | .Ss Migrating from Mastodon to snac |
| 459 | User migration from different Fediverse instances is a pain in the ass | 460 | User migration from different Fediverse instances is a pain in the ass |
| 460 | that has been implemented everywhere as a kludgy afterthought. There is | 461 | that has been implemented everywhere as a kludgy afterthought. There is |