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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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===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 are a few useful links:  
Awesome! Here's our guide: https://wiki.neuromatch.io/Mastodon/Migration_help
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/
 
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/how-to-migrate-from-one-server-to-another/
Please note that full migration can take ~24 hrs to complete after you've initiated it.
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/103393780267601137


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