[kwlug-disc] Riding the Mastodon?

[Ronald Barnes]

Doug Moen wrote on 2022-11-21 10:58:

> When you switch servers, your followers will come with you, but your old 
> toots remain on the old server and aren't copied over.

Good point. I briefly scanned the document and didn't notice the "toots" 
transfer missing from:

 > After doing all these steps, your old account will redirect to the new
 > one, and your followers, follows, bookmarks, mutes and blocks will
 > transfer automatically.

Seems kind of important.


I expected steps 5 & 6 don't transfer toots?

 > On your OLD account, go to Preferences > Import And Export > Data
 > Export and download all the CSV files one file at a time

 > On your NEW account, go to Preferences > Import And Export > Import
 > and upload the CSV files one at a time

Is each CSV a toot? Batch of toots? No toots what-so-ever?



rb