account migration

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account migration (AKA account portability, or the ability to move your account) is a specific kind of migration when a user switches from using one account on a particular server to using another account on another server, typically when both servers host multiple accounts, and has the common problem of losing followers.

Examples

• Announced in 2022, Netflix allows users on a Family plan (or otherwise shared account) to migrate their user history, preferences, and general data to a new account. See their docs for step-by-step instructions: How to transfer a Profile to a new account

Supporting Protocols

WebSub

• WebSub - see subscription migration section

Software Examples

Mastodon

2023-02-23: How to Migrate From One Mastodon Server to Another By John Awa-abuon. You can change your Mastodon server after creating an account. Here's how.

History:

• 2019-09-19 completed: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/177#event-2648084970

See Also

• losing followers
• data portability
• migration
• post migration
• 2012-11-05 Migrating a user account between Friendica servers https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/move-account https://github.com/friendica/friendica/pull/525