Is it possible to migrate my account from feddit.Uk or at least to export the communities I’ve subscribed to and then re-import them to another instance

(The number of occasions when feddit.Uk times out or doesn’t respond is getting to the point when I sadly need to jump ship. )

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Lemmy currently doesn’t allow you to simply move an account to another instance but there are third party tools to help you replicate your current account at your new one (always handy to have a back-up, just in case).

    • FelipeFelop@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Please can you point me in the right direction? I can find a few things on GitHub but they seem at a very early stage.

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        You are probably finding the same things as me and, as I haven’t done it, I can’t point you to a specific tool that does this well. You might be better off asking over at: !asklemmy@lemmy.world - someone there will have experience of this and more focused recommendations.

      • WigglingWalrus@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’ve used a couple of random ones from Github that did the job. Just find a basic one that ticks the box and use that.

  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk
    2·
    2 years ago

    I’ve not noticed any issues with responsiveness or downtime. Would be quite cool to see some instance health stats like uptime, load etc.

  • ilovecheese@feddit.uk
    2·
    2 years ago

    Tried a couple of the scripts but didn’t have much luck with them (on linux).

    So instead of fiddling with them for 2 days I spent that time manually transferring everything to other instances.