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1. Echosa (echosa)'s status on Saturday, 30-Apr-2016 16:20:07 EDT Echosa

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   !gnusocial Is there a mechanism for transferring accounts or account data between GNU Social instances? For instance, lets say I run an instance for a while, but eventually have to stop running it for whatever reason. Is there a way for the users on my instance to sign up on another instance and transfer everything over so they don't lose all their posts, images, etc?
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn)'s status on Saturday, 30-Apr-2016 17:14:56 EDT MMN-o ✅⃠

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     • Echosa
     @echosa Yes, you can tell them "hey, I'm moving over here!". Personally I wouldn't want my subscriptions to suddenly change distributor/source, which is the risk of an automated method for that.
   • Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman2)'s status on Saturday, 30-Apr-2016 19:18:17 EDT Bob Jonkman

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     • Echosa
     @echosa Unfortunately, the GNU social database has fully-qualified URLs for your current users. While there are scripts to fix up *your* DB to make it portable, those same URLs also exist in every other DB in the Fediverse. There's no practical way to get every other instance to update their DBs for the users in your instance. So the best way is for each of your users to send a …