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How does one move a community to a different instance? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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I think I remember this became possible. I'd like to know how to do it and what the effects would be.

  • Would I lose all post history?
  • Would there be issues with the posts votes?
  • Do I need a mod account from thr instance being moved to etc?

If anyone has seen a post with a guide I'd love a link or if you have experience I'd love to hear.

Thank you.

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[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

there's an open issue filed for this https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4619

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago

That's good. Thanks for the link

[–] andrew_s@piefed.social 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I think you're remembering wrong. The communities that have moved so far have been a manual affair: a post on the old community with a "We've moved" post, locking that community, and starting up brand new somewhere else. It's a fresh start - nothing is migrated. It's very likely to be technically impossible to move communities in the way you're imagining.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I think you might be right. Having found a couple of communities that moved instances this seems to be the way its going

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 14 hours ago

It's the same way it worked on Reddit, so nothing new here.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Make the existing one mod posts only and pin a post linking to the new one?

All will be lost.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks. The more I look the more I fear that's the only way

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 16 hours ago

It's not as bad as it sounds.