If you want to interact with both Project Mushroom and the wider Mastodon community, you can migrate your account to the Spore instance.
Caution: You can only migrate accounts about once a month.
There is no “one-click” process to migrate your account–it requires a few manual tasks. After migrating, your new account will be similar to your old account, but you will need to customize your profile again.
The following is a list of the tasks required to migrate your account:
For more information about the process, here is a link to Mastodon’s instructions on the process: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/#migration
Step 1: Export your Project Mushroom profile data
Log in to your Project Mushroom account.
Open the account settings:
On a desktop browser, click Edit profile under your avatar.
On a mobile browser or mobile app, tap your avatar and then Edit profile.
Select Import and export. On mobile, you might need to tap to access the full list of account options.
The Data export page opens by default. If not, select it.
For all data you want to import to you new account, select the . Save these files to your device.
You can export the following data:
Follows (who you follow)
Lists
Who you block
Who you muted
Domains you blocked
Bookmarks
You cannot export the following:
Followers. However, they are migrated as part of the account migration process.
Your posts. However, they continue to exist under your old account.
Step 2: Create a Spore account
Open spore.social and create a new account. You can use the same email address and username as your Project Mushroom account. For instructions on creating a new account, see Creating an account.
Step 3: Create an alias to your Project Mushroom account
If necessary, log in to your Spore account.
Open the account settings:
On a desktop browser, click Edit profile under your avatar.
On a mobile browser or mobile app, tap your avatar and then Edit profile.
Scroll to the bottom of the page and under Moving from a different account select create an account alias.
Enter the account name you want to migrate to Spore. The account name includes the username and instance name. For example: @old_account@projectmushroom.social
Select Create Alias.
Your old Project Mushroom account is now linked to your new Spore account. You can see your old account listed under Handle of the old account.
Step 4: Migrate your Project Mushroom account to Spore
If necessary, log in to your Project Mushroom account.
Open the account settings:
On a desktop browser, click Edit profile under your avatar.
On a mobile browser or mobile app, tap your avatar and then Edit profile.
Under Move to a different account, select configure it here.
Under Handle of the new account enter your Spore account. For example, @new_account@spore.social
Under Current password, enter the password for your Project Mushroom account.
Select Move Followers.
Your Project Mushroom followers are migrated to your Spore account and a reference to your new account is added to your old account. You can now log in to your Spore account.
Step 5: Import your Project Mushroom profile data
If necessary, log in to your Spore account.
Open the account settings:
On a desktop browser, click Edit profile under your avatar.
On a mobile browser or mobile app, tap your avatar and then Edit profile.
Select Import and export, and then Import.
Import all of your data:
Select the data type from the Import type list.
Select Choose File and then find the corresponding .csv data file on your device. The filename describes the data type.
Choose to Merge or Overwrite your existing data with the new data. If you merge, the imported data is added to your existing data. If you overwrite, you will delete your existing data and replace it with the imported data.
If you just created your Spore account, you don’t have anything to overwrite, so either option is fine.
Select Upload.
Once you have uploaded your data, your account migration is complete. Remember to customize your new Spore profile!
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