@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social Don't panic yet. Sometimes it takes a day or so for everything to be transferred.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

I found your follow request and ok-ed it so you can now add me to your list as requested

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social It's possible that it just may take a while as well.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

Hey! Everyone!

Laffy has moved!

(Now I need to go edit my list)

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I got your follow and followed back.

It has been so long since I've moved instances, I won't speculate on how it is supposed to work, but I will say that if you have the same number of people that you follow on each instance, then those people know (or will know) that you've moved and will shortly follow back!

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

I'd somehow missed entirely that you'd moved. Too much work, too little time on the Fediverse! :-(

Following now 😄

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Maybe put it in your old bio?

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social Hey, you’re a Mastodon treasure, it’ll work itself out.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social i remember panicking when i moved from .social to my current account it really seemed to have failed, on the next morning though it was all or almost complete. So i wouldn't worry too much, a decentralized system can take a bit more time to settle.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I don't think you failed with the intent that you tried. Odd, it didn't move me or some others to your new one which I had to manually follow.

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social Just followed. Thank you for your content

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I wonder if we can invoke the glorious @lisamelton to work the boost magic?

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I had to move once and it was harder than expected. Don't worry, they'll find you soon. We'll make sure they do.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social got your follow and followed back.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social It will take some time for all your followers to get migrated. A few days or so.

@GottaLaff It can take a little while... the world turns, people on the other side of it are sleeping, but they will come over eventually.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I just followed. I don't know what the difference is between the two instances, but I think more people need to get off mastodon.social before it gets so big that Jeff Bezos or somebody decides to buy it out.

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Ah, OK. I got your follow but didn’t register the new instance. Followed back and boosted.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

Done!

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff Found you easily at the new place (maybe it was easy because that's where I am too?). In any event, from what I've heard it's not instantaneous.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

It takes a while longer for you because you're a big account.

You can actually see the progress in the pertinent section in Preferences.

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Notified me that you followed me so I followed back. Easy.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

Done!

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social The official documentation is a bit confusing; you have to do some steps in the right order.

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social might not be instantaneous

@GottaLaff
They will come... Going to be a lot of suspicion (me) to receive a follow from a laffy account that doesn't have thousands of followers... please repeatedly post that you have a new instance and it will straighten out in a few days!!

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social It may be a dumb question but why didn’t you just migrate your account? This would move followers automatically

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social It's not an instant process it may take a few days for everyone to be updated

Check with @FediTips they can tell you what you need to do to migrate, though I think you've already done it correctly & the server is just catching up

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social It's only a speed bump, and an opportunity to reset and get old and new followers.

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

*sends hugs, if that's okay*

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

Give it time, it automatically updates on your follower's lists but it does it very very slowly.

Mine updated already, but it's a process of hours to weeks, depending on the number of followers to update and the load on the servers recieving the updates.

@GottaLaff I can help you migrate your followers over automatically, seems like you already added the alias on the new account so it's just a matter of initiating the move from the old one.

@GottaLaff i got your request and accepted and followed. Xo

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I came over automatically.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I was wondering how you were following me again—didn't notice the different server 🥰

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social when attempting to follow your new account, I received an error saying, "action not allowed." I'm sure it will be fine.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
If you are following @GottaLaff@mastodon.social
Then go follow her new account @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

Her server move may have left you behind. She did her best as she always does. Now do something nice for her and follow her on her new account. It’s easier than you think.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff It took me a day or two to get things straight. Have patience. We got you.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social It appears to have worked from here. I got the follow update (successfully).

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
it immediately worked fine for me

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

Boosted and checked: looks like I do follow your new account already. Hopefully that is a sign that the migration worked partially (and maybe hopefully that more will transfer over time? I don’t know about the specifics of migration).

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social looks like it worked slowly — I’m already following you on the new address!

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
I was transfered automatically 🖖

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
I found you, but at first I thought an imposter had followed me since you were already following me.

But I figured it out eventually. I'm just slow like that sometimes!

Others will get it too, it will just take time.

#laffy #gottalaff #LaffysBigTownhouseRenovation

(You know that last tag will inform some people!)

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

Still showing I am following. Will give it a minute to see if everything sorts itself out. Pulling for you!

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff Hey, you successfully brought me over! 👋 (I was a bit confused as to the follow request at first, I thought maybe you unfollowed me by accident!) I’ve boosted this post too.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

It's as easy as 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c.1, 2c.2....

[Incidentally I think that might be the self-destruct auth code for the USS Enterprise.]

https://c.im/@darth_hideout/113545604223874961

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff not a mutual, but whatever magic worked ok for me

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff Seems to be working here but I was already on @mstdn.social. Good luck!

@GottaLaff shared and followed you!

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Why did you move to a different server? I'm considering a move, too, so I'm interested in hearing about your experience.

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I just found your account and excited to be a new follower 🥰

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I did nothing on my end and I'm following the new account already.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social it’s working for me. Automatically following your new account and you’re following me.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social 🤗😘💕

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I think it worked? I now see 31k followers on the new instance (it wasn’t the case last night, the new account had 3k followers).

Maybe it just takes a little bit of time for the move to propagate across federated servers. You got this! 💪

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social I did migrate automatically, so perhaps it is merely timing as some have suggested. Thanks!

@GottaLaff @GottaLaff@mstdn.social

I don't find it easy either...😉

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
Note Laffy’s new address.

@GottaLaff@mastodon.social @GottaLaff@mstdn.social
It says that I am not allowed to follow you