Also, being able to export your data and dowload it to your computer is a GDPR requirement in Europe, as far as I know. Even Reddit supports this. Not complying with this is risky.
It would be great if the same download could be used to migrate the account, making use of signature verification and so.
But I don’t think that the full export would be very practical as an account migration tactic. There’s no value uploading previously made posts/comments/toots to the new instance, because it can’t do anything with them.
Why not?
I thought the point of migrating from one instance to another was to keep your entire post/comments/toots history (at least whenever possible).
The followers/follows too… but that’s only important if you are an influencer with a lot of followers, otherwise it would not be a big deal to rebuild it. It might actually be desirable to clean it up.
If the content isn’t migrated, then just creating an account in the new instance would be good enough for me. I don’t see much value in doing a migration beyond that if I can’t carry over the content.
Also, being able to export your data and dowload it to your computer is a GDPR requirement in Europe, as far as I know. Even Reddit supports this. Not complying with this is risky.
It would be great if the same download could be used to migrate the account, making use of signature verification and so.
You make a great point about GDPR requirements.
But I don’t think that the full export would be very practical as an account migration tactic. There’s no value uploading previously made posts/comments/toots to the new instance, because it can’t do anything with them.
Why not?
I thought the point of migrating from one instance to another was to keep your entire post/comments/toots history (at least whenever possible).
The followers/follows too… but that’s only important if you are an influencer with a lot of followers, otherwise it would not be a big deal to rebuild it. It might actually be desirable to clean it up.
If the content isn’t migrated, then just creating an account in the new instance would be good enough for me. I don’t see much value in doing a migration beyond that if I can’t carry over the content.