https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834340-300-how-i-found-a-new-home-online-at-mastodon-after-giving-up-on-twitter/
@gpowerf Eh, it's not the first time I read in an article "Mastodon makes it easy to move your posts from one account to another".
It *barely* moves your follows and followers, and *sometimes* your bookmarks.
Source: I moved my Italian account once and my English one twice.
(While I can see the reason why posts don't get moved, it still makes you think three times if moving your account or not)
@JJFlash people ignore the flaws of stuff they like.
@gpowerf Generally, that's not an issue. But, if you're going to write an article about something, you should take the very least for granted :)
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@gpowerf Eh, it's not the first time I read in an article "Mastodon makes it easy to move your posts from one account to another".
It *barely* moves your follows and followers, and *sometimes* your bookmarks.
Source: I moved my Italian account once and my English one twice.
(While I can see the reason why posts don't get moved, it still makes you think three times if moving your account or not)