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Whatever it takes to bring followers over to my new @GottaLaff@mstdn.social account, I've failed.
So, please spread the word to my usual friends to follow me there if somehow I messed up that part of the move.
I'm having a tough time getting it right. Sorry.📢
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Anarchic Teapot 🌹⚧️
in reply to Laffy • • •SnowshadowII
in reply to Laffy • • •Carolyn
in reply to Laffy • • •Bernard Sheppard
in reply to Laffy • • •I got your follow and followed back.
It has been so long since I've moved instances, I won't speculate on how it is supposed to work, but I will say that if you have the same number of people that you follow on each instance, then those people know (or will know) that you've moved and will shortly follow back!
Adventurer She/Her
in reply to Laffy • • •Ro Laren RED57
in reply to Laffy • • •Edge
in reply to Laffy • • •Hey! Everyone!
Laffy has moved!
(Now I need to go edit my list)
Barry Schwartz 🫖
in reply to Edge • • •@czarbucks
I want to welcome Laffy to Stux's servers!
I'm one of those who moved to newly created masto.ai to reduce load on mstdn.social when it had technical trouble. That was long ago.
The migration process is slow but it happens. One will keep on seeing new followers showing up that are actually old followers being migrated.
Laffy
in reply to Barry Schwartz 🫖 • • •Barry Schwartz 🫖
in reply to Laffy • • •I remember being very careful about backing up my stuff but being confused about it. I got it right. But I wasn't that complicated.
Anyway, things get sorted out eventually. Life is not meant to be simple. :)
Laffy
in reply to Barry Schwartz 🫖 • • •Barry Schwartz 🫖
in reply to Laffy • • •Laffy
in reply to Barry Schwartz 🫖 • • •stux⚡
in reply to Laffy • • •@chemoelectric If you're not yet between the export/import I'm afraid they wont 😉
Now that I think of it.. I have a feeling this is gonna be possible when the Masto team finds a way to transfer posts also since bookmarks go under that i believe
stux⚡
in reply to stux⚡ • • •Barry Schwartz 🫖
in reply to stux⚡ • • •stux⚡
in reply to Barry Schwartz 🫖 • • •orbitalmayo has moved
in reply to stux⚡ • • •Sober-Wan Kenobi
in reply to Laffy • • •grtyvr
in reply to Laffy • • •Thee Mighty Peculia
in reply to Laffy • • •TheStrangelet
in reply to Laffy • • •Laffy
in reply to TheStrangelet • • •TheStrangelet
in reply to Laffy • • •TheStrangelet
in reply to TheStrangelet • • •Eugen Rochko (@Gargron@mastodon.social)
MastodonLaffy
in reply to TheStrangelet • • •gunstick
in reply to Laffy • • •What about steps 4-7?
fedi.tips/transferring-your-ma…
Transferring your Mastodon account to another server | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tipsMadeleine Morris
in reply to Laffy • • •Tyrion 🍺
in reply to Laffy • • •It takes a while longer for you because you're a big account.
You can actually see the progress in the pertinent section in Preferences.
Mustardon ~ IWRY 🦅
in reply to Laffy • • •JJ Krawczyk
in reply to Laffy • • •Laffy
in reply to JJ Krawczyk • • •Cindy Weinstein
in reply to Laffy • • •AlgoCompSynth by znmeb
in reply to Laffy • • •The official documentation is a bit confusing; you have to do some steps in the right order.
docs.joinmastodon.org/user/mov…
Moving or leaving accounts
docs.joinmastodon.org4d3fect
in reply to Laffy • • •No Gods , no Masters! RESIST
in reply to Laffy • • •StaringAtClouds
in reply to Laffy • • •It's not an instant process it may take a few days for everyone to be updated
Check with @FediTips they can tell you what you need to do to migrate, though I think you've already done it correctly & the server is just catching up
Laffy
in reply to StaringAtClouds • • •I used @FediTips 's page and followed it exactly
StaringAtClouds
in reply to Laffy • • •@FediTips It'll be the servers catching up then, don't worry for a few days
But if it doesn't sort itself out try chatting to @stux they should be able to help
🫂
Fedi.Tips
in reply to StaringAtClouds • • •@staringatclouds
Yeah, it can be very slow, it can take literally a week for some followers to follow you.
It's slow because it's not just your server doing it, the other server has to handle it.
If it doesn't work the first time though, you can try again and again until it does work. There's more info about doing it again further down the page in the guide.
Davie Duck
in reply to Laffy • • •Fedo ¶
in reply to Laffy • • •Laffy
in reply to Fedo ¶ • • •David Marshall
in reply to Laffy • • •Eugen Rochko
in reply to Laffy • • •Lizzie
in reply to Laffy • • •Garth Cummings
in reply to Laffy • • •🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)
in reply to Laffy • • •FunkETown
in reply to Laffy • • •Clayton Slaughter
in reply to Laffy • • •If you are following @GottaLaff@mastodon.social
Then go follow her new account @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Her server move may have left you behind. She did her best as she always does. Now do something nice for her and follow her on her new account. It’s easier than you think.
Gail Parenti
in reply to Laffy • • •david jon furbish
in reply to Laffy • • •Mighty Orbot
in reply to Laffy • • •Kadsenchaos
in reply to Laffy • • •Ehay2k
in reply to Laffy • • •I found you, but at first I thought an imposter had followed me since you were already following me.
But I figured it out eventually. I'm just slow like that sometimes!
Others will get it too, it will just take time.
#laffy #gottalaff #LaffysBigTownhouseRenovation
(You know that last tag will inform some people!)
scttgard
in reply to Laffy • • •Pamela Barroway – Biz Editor
in reply to Laffy • • •Darth Hideout 🏳️🌈
in reply to Laffy • • •It's as easy as 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c.1, 2c.2....
[Incidentally I think that might be the self-destruct auth code for the USS Enterprise.]
c.im/@darth_hideout/1135456042…
Darth Hideout 🏳️🌈 (@darth_hideout@c.im)
C.IMEpu
in reply to Laffy • • •dennisaurus
in reply to Laffy • • •yosasocial
in reply to Laffy • • •Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL)
in reply to Laffy • • •Laffy
in reply to Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) • • •Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL)
in reply to Laffy • • •Oh, gotcha! I didn't notice the bots, maybe because I'm not very interesting! 😆
I'm thinking of moving to another server because the 500-character limit is too restrictive. When I was starting out with Mastodon, I considered joining @fosstodon because I'm a developer, but at the time they had an English-only rule, which I think is unfair.
Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL)
in reply to Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) • • •Moments ago, I checked the @fosstodon situation again and I'm happy to learn that on 24 August 2023, their English-only rule was revoked.
hub.fosstodon.org/why-fosstodo…
I will reconsider that server, if they allow more than 500 characters per post.
Why Fosstodon Is English Only
hub.fosstodon.orgMike Stone
in reply to Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) • • •@sloanlance You're welcome on Fosstodon, but we do have a 500 character limit, so we might not be the best choice for your needs. Drop me a DM if you want an invite.
@GottaLaff @fosstodon
Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL)
in reply to Mike Stone • • •Thank you very kindly, Mike! 🙂 I'll ask about it again when I'm ready to migrate.
Jen Hoffman
in reply to Laffy • • •Jim Vernon
in reply to Laffy • • •David Fox 🌻🥸
in reply to Laffy • • •AmiW Streetart ❄️
in reply to Laffy • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Laffy • • •I think it worked? I now see 31k followers on the new instance (it wasn’t the case last night, the new account had 3k followers).
Maybe it just takes a little bit of time for the move to propagate across federated servers. You got this! 💪
Laffy
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Adhara
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in reply to Laffy • • •Vee
in reply to Laffy • • •McSkinney
in reply to Laffy • • •Dark Phoenix
in reply to Laffy • • •Hobson Lane
in reply to Laffy • • •You have 10x *more* followers on your new account based on what I see in my FediLab mobile.
client.
You have 32k followers on your new account at mstdn, only 3.2k on the old account at mastodon. Seems weird, but that's what my version of your profile page says.
@GottaLaff
Michael Potter
in reply to Laffy • • •Davie Duck
in reply to Laffy • • •Please check out the awesome GottaLaff; a citizen journalist doing the work.
@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social