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|Parts=Mastodon/Migration_help | |||
|Contributors=Manisha Sinha | |||
|Completion Status=Ongoing | |||
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===What is the fediverse?=== | ===What is the fediverse?=== | ||
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A lot of servers on the fedi self-host various open-source softwares that enable federated communication. Mastodon is such a free and open source software that uses the ActivityPub protocol for inter-instance and intra-instance communication. | A lot of servers on the fedi self-host various open-source softwares that enable federated communication. Mastodon is such a free and open source software that uses the ActivityPub protocol for inter-instance and intra-instance communication. | ||
===Which software is neuromatch.social running on its instance?=== | ===Which software is neuromatch.social running on its instance?=== | ||
We are currently running [https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ glitch-soc] which is a friendly fork of Mastodon. | We are currently running [https://github.com/NeuromatchAcademy/mastodon a fork] of [https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/ glitch-soc] which is a friendly fork of Mastodon. | ||
===How is my data protected on neuromatch.social?=== | ===How is my data protected on neuromatch.social?=== | ||
Disclaimer - while our node provider (Linode) takes daily and weekly backups of everything on our server, we cannot guarantee that data backup in case the node provider itself goes down. | Disclaimer - while our node provider (Linode) takes daily and weekly backups of everything on our server, we cannot guarantee that data backup in case the node provider itself goes down. | ||
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Membership is free thanks to a generous sponsorship by Neuromatch. If you are interested in helping us become self-sustaining please consider volunteering for our Finance Working Group. | Membership is free thanks to a generous sponsorship by Neuromatch. If you are interested in helping us become self-sustaining please consider volunteering for our Finance Working Group. | ||
===What is | ===What is neuromatch.social's motivation for spinning up this instance?=== | ||
Our mission is to democratize science. With this instance, we envision building a decentralized cooperatively-governed global community of people who share our mission, and channeling our collective efforts to push the boundaries of scientific discourse and communication as we know it. | Our mission is to democratize science. With this instance, we envision building a decentralized cooperatively-governed global community of people who share our mission, and channeling our collective efforts to push the boundaries of scientific discourse and communication as we know it. | ||
===I really like neuromatch.social's vision and mission and am looking to migrate from my current instance. Can you help me?=== | ===I really like neuromatch.social's vision and mission and am looking to migrate from my current instance. Can you help me?=== | ||
Awesome! Here | Awesome! Here's our guide: https://wiki.neuromatch.io/Mastodon/Migration_help | ||
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Please note that full migration can take ~24 hrs to complete after you've initiated it. | |||
You can export your Follows list from the old account and then import the list on your new account: [[File:Data import.png|700px|thumb|left|Go to your settings on the web interface and click on Import and export. Download relevant csv file.]] | You can export your Follows list from the old account and then import the list on your new account: [[File:Data import.png|700px|thumb|left|Go to your settings on the web interface and click on Import and export. Download relevant csv file.]] | ||
[[File:Data export.png|700px|thumb|left|Go to your settings on the web interface and click on Import and export. Upload relevant csv file.]] | [[File:Data export.png|700px|thumb|left|Go to your settings on the web interface and click on Import and export. Upload relevant csv file.]] | ||
There are also general resources available here: | |||
* https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/ | |||
* https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/how-to-migrate-from-one-server-to-another/ | |||
* https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/103393780267601137 | |||