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

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

@bich @FediTips So I waited 24 hrs, and I think I found the problem on my end. I entered the new account I was migrating to, and then instead of entering the password to the new account next, I entered the password from the old med-mastodon account (which is counter-intuitive as I was entering the password of the new acct). If I had read it more carefully it says enter password of the current account. I figured it out after I first entered my new acct password and it had an error message.

@bich Hiya fellow expatriate from med-mastodon. I tried my hand at migrating to the FediMedi GoToSocial that @wild1145 and co. set up. I has been a bit of a bumpy road but it seems that I have managed to get things settled down.
First thing though, I got the account in FediMedi open. Set up what they call an "alias" with the handle @ med-mastodon format. Then in the med-mastodon I set up the migrate. Hahaha same thing, I entered the new handle and that handle's pwd, of course it kept giving me red until I read more carefully and entered the med-mastodon's handle password. Follows and Followers seem to have transferred correctly (although I did have to manually upload the CSV file with the accounts I follow).

Have not managed to get the bookmarks uploaded. I'm going to need help from @wild1145

Next up is the fact that the GoToSocial does not have a web interface of its own. I tried one of the suggestions in the FediMedi page and all I got was a terrible headache. @wild1145 mentioned in a post in med-mastodon that they have Elk in the other instances they manage. Tried the interface and I like it very much. Reset hashtags and lists.

Downloaded the profile from med-mastodon, will try my luck at uploading it, but probably until the weekend.

Oh, on a showy turn of events...we get 2000 char in this instance...wow

@huskify @FediTips @mwadmin @wild1145 @pixelcats

Thank you for your help. To move to a different account, I have tried:
- put @ in front of new handle
- not putting @ in front of new handle
- using password of new account
- using password of old account
- resetting password of old account
- waiting 24 hrs
- turning off 2FA on both accounts

Moving to different account seems to move followers. Importing who I follow is more important and that worked. I've updated old profile with new handle.

@huskify @FediTips @mwadmin @wild1145 @pixelcats

Thank you for your help. To move to a different account, I have tried:
- put @ in front of new handle
- not putting @ in front of new handle
- using password of new account
- using password of old account
- resetting password of old account
- waiting 24 hrs
- turning off 2FA on both accounts

Moving to different account seems to move followers. Importing who I follow is more important and that worked. I've updated old profile with new handle.