Migrate user from one kbin or lemmy instance to another
I know the posts and content are shared between instances, but if an instance is shutting down it would be useful if there was a way to migrate your user data / identity to another instance.
I'd guess you would have to approve the move on both instances, I don't know if this is feasible or not given how the fediverse / ActivityPub is structured.
I know there's a way to do it on Mastodon, granted your posts don't move but your profile, followers, and those you follow do move. So I assume something like that would be theoretically possible on Kbin/Lemmy l. Something like this would also be helpful if people just wanted to move to a different instance like if they decide to set up their own instance and move away from the default instance
Yeah most solutions would require you to take some action on the instance you're migrating from. Another thing I just thought of would be some sort of encryption thing where you generate a private key or passphrase and use it to cryptographically verify your identity on a new server.
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