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Account portability and the social web https://underlap.org/account-portability-in-the-social-web

I believe this is an important topic for the Fediverse. Please boost for visibility.

Thanks to @dottorblaster @jamesravey @hcj @mima @hirad @devnull for commenting on my earlier survey on this topic (https://fosstodon.org/@underlap/111617691764389915)

#ActivityPub #ATProtocol #AccountPortability #Fediverse

Like 27 Dec 2023 at 14:23 | Open on fosstodon.org

11 comments

HCJ

@underlap @dottorblaster @jamesravey @mima @hirad @devnull Great article, I know that #Firefish has the ability to import posts from @Mastodon

27 Dec 2023 at 15:27 | Open on fosstodon.org

glyn

@hcj The Firefish docs talk about account migration but don't describe importing posts from Mastodon. Do you happen to know where this is documented, claimed, blogged about, etc?

27 Dec 2023 at 15:41 | Open on fosstodon.org

HCJ

@underlap I've imported my posts to firefish to @hcj@firefish.tech

27 Dec 2023 at 15:42 | Open on fosstodon.org

glyn

@hcj @hcj@firefish.tech Ok, I mentioned this feature towards the end of the post. Thank you.

27 Dec 2023 at 15:47 | Open on fosstodon.org

HCJ

@underlap It has multiple options on the website for imports (twitter soon?)

27 Dec 2023 at 15:54 | Open on fosstodon.org

glyn

@hcj Nice. I tweaked the wording correspondingly.

27 Dec 2023 at 15:59 | Open on fosstodon.org

Julian Lam

@underlap content migration has historically been a difficult problem to solve simply because all these companies and softwares operate in pseudo-competition with one another.

For example #nodebb can migrate posts from #phpBB #vBulletin etc., but it's all custom migrators.

Something as simple as a common format for data portability would go a long way towards ease of content migration.

I am not certain many users elect to use or not use platforms based on portability though.

27 Dec 2023 at 16:29 | Open on crag.social

glyn

@devnull For me, portability on Mastodon was important when I was in the process of leaving a walled garden, especially as I wasn't sure which instance to start on. I have moved once so far (from qoto.org to fosstodon.org).