How does one move a community to a different instance?

submitted by SnokenKeekaGuard edited

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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Andrew

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 [OP]

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

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

Blaze (he/him)

That's indeed how I moved a few.

It's usually fine

Die4Ever

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

SnokenKeekaGuard [OP]

That's good. Thanks for the link

can

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

All will be lost.

SnokenKeekaGuard [OP]

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

can

It's not as bad as it sounds.