Hello Mastodon users, I'm working on migrating to a new instance since Med-Mastodon is shutting down.

@bich Not really clear for me too. Not being an expert . But did you export all data from your old instance first ? Starting with a complete new instance , not connected in any way with the old, and importing the data should do it ?

@wild1145 @gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich If I remember correctly, you should enter your new account without the ‘@‘ in front of it?

There are no limits on med-mastodon from .world

@masek Hmm...no, not it.

@gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich @mwadmin I've just checked on the med-mastodon end. Can see we federate with apobangpo.space and there aren't any blocks there, can see a number of accounts from the instance and other stats. The same for mastodon.world both seem to be federating without issue.

I've seen a few folks already migrate off med-mastodon without issue and I can't see anything obvious on our end that would prevent someone moving at the moment...

@pixelcats I tried and got an error message in both fields.

@hanktank61 I did that first. That's why a bunch of people I follow received notifications I was following from my new handle.

Importing who I follow and my lists are more important to me. It seems like migrating to new account would transport followers.

@wild1145 @gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @mwadmin @Pixelcats

I followed https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/ and https://apobangpo.website/how-to-join/move-to-apobangpo-space/, but have not been able to "Move to a different account" through my old account.

Since that seems to transfer followers, I'm fine with not being able to do that. I was able to export who I'm following and my lists and that was most important to me.

@bich if you haven’t found a resolution when you read this let me know.

@bich Hrrrm .. tis curious. Check you're not adding a space at the end. And if you're running 2FA on either account, try turning it off temporarily.

Hello Mastodon users, I'm working on migrating to a new instance since Med-Mastodon is shutting down.

When I go to Account > Account Settings > Move to a Different Account, I enter my new Mastodon handle (with an "@" in front of it) and old account password, I'm getting error messages in the new handle and the password fields.

I've tried resetting my password. I've tried a few times. Any ideas? Thank you in advance. I need to go to bed, but hope to receive ideas.

#migration #Fediverse

Hello Mastodon users, I'm working on migrating to a new instance since Med-Mastodon is shutting down.

When I go to Account > Account Settings > Move to a Different Account, I enter my new Mastodon handle (with an "@" in front of it) and old account password, I'm getting error messages in the new handle and the password fields.

I've tried resetting my password. I've tried a few times. Any ideas? Thank you in advance. I need to go to bed, but hope to receive ideas.

#migration #Fediverse

@gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich @mwadmin I've just checked on the med-mastodon end. Can see we federate with apobangpo.space and there aren't any blocks there, can see a number of accounts from the instance and other stats. The same for mastodon.world both seem to be federating without issue.

I've seen a few folks already migrate off med-mastodon without issue and I can't see anything obvious on our end that would prevent someone moving at the moment...

@wild1145 @gunchleoc @CuriousMagpie @huskify @bich If I remember correctly, you should enter your new account without the ‘@‘ in front of it?

There are no limits on med-mastodon from .world

@bich Unfortunately I been having the same problem. I used the feditips article mentioned step by step. I also tried resetting my password.
#MedMastodon

@bich I thought someone else had picked up maintenance of med-mastodon.com. Did they decide not to continue doing so?

@leonardof Unfortunately, the previous admin hasn't transferred ownership so the new host is winding down.

@huskify @bich

What error messages are you getting?

If it's the one about "something not quite right" you might want to try waiting 24 hours after you've started the process to see if you're still getting the same error message.

According to one of the developers it can sometimes take up to 24 hours for the alias on the new server to start working and waiting a day seemed to work for some people.

@bich too bad, I hoped it would work!

@leonardof You and me both

@FediTips @huskify

That is the message I was getting. It says the handle of the account "is not an alias of this account" and the old account password box also turns red. I'll see if it's better in 24 hours.