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

Bounce

Announced 2025-06-05. At launch, will let people migrate from Bluesky to the fediverse while keeping all of their followers and many of their follows. Post-launch roadmap includes support for the reverse direction and to/from IndieWeb, eg micro.blog, Ghost, WordPress, etc.