@HIH_Homeschool You know, you can export your Following list from your previous instance, then import into your current one. https://www.mguhlin.org/2022/11/tootorial-making-backups-of-your.html offers some suggestions on how to backup.
You might also set up a Google Form and Sheet and invite #HomeSchoolers #SchoolChoice advocates to sign up. That way, you can import them into your account (and make it easier for them to find each other), if you haven't done that already. Please do share the list if you do; I'd be interested in following list for homeschoolers to learn more about what you do in education.