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Migrate from Lemmy.ml elsewhere, how? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Hi all, I'd like to migrate from Lemmy.ml, what would be your most user friendly method to accomplish this? So far I could only find scarce instructions with Python scripts and I wish things were simpler. Thanks !

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Do you really need to transfer anything? Just sign up someplace else, maybe with the same username and continue posting. Keep the old account around and occasionally log in during the first weeks. But in my experience, old posts and comments don't get any engagement anyways, so you won't get any new things in your inbox after 2 weeks or so.

For your existing community subscriptions, try the "Export" and "Import" buttons in your settings. At the top right, behind your username: "Settings" and then there is a button to export everything. You should be able to import that file on your new instance.

And we don't have any karma here, or restrictions for new users to post. So it's not like on Reddit where you'd need your history and score.

[–] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the exhaustive reply ! I was mainly thinking about subscriptions and I didn't know that there was a dedicated option in the settings, it should work beautifully then! Thanks for your help again

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I went this path: lemmy.ml -> feddit.nl -> sh.itjust.works

And I did this by simply creating new accounts

[–] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Alright, would you be fine with sharing what tool you used to migrate or did you start from scratch ?

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I started from scratch. The only thing I wish I could take with me were the filters and blocks I'd set up in Voyager.

[–] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your experience! I'm also using Voyager 👌

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You shouldn't need a tool.

In your setting should be an option to export a json file, when you make a new one just upload that file.

[–] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks I haven't seen that there was an option to do this!

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

U can export and import ur profile from settings. U will lose post and comment history tho.

[–] nameisnotimportant@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks I didn't know we could do this in the settings !