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Today in #metadata #librarian land I finally fucking solved the character encoding issue!!!! Fuck Windows, fuck Excel, and fuck Java based programs that require you open via command line to add a utf-8 flag because the GUI just takes Windows latin, and while we’re at it fuck character encoding work up the bit level nose. IYKYK #datamigration #ETL I get Smithwicks and edibles to celebrate

while it's nice that #mastodon is technically #decentralized, it's important to be aware of the limitations. for example, there is a feature to migrate your account to another instance, but *your posts do not come with you.* while there is a separate feature to export your posts, there is no way to import them.

a request to "Support post migration" has been around and discussed for more than five years, currently stalled on some technic decision-making that leadership doesn't appear to be actively interested in: github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i

nor are there are any public plans to move forward on this: joinmastodon.org/roadmap

since that issue was created, there have been multiple high-profile instance shutdowns, even of big-name instances. i am concerned that these sorts of problems can and will - over time - discourage folks from taking a chance on anything but the biggest, best-funded instances, and reduce effective user choice. does this sound like a familiar pattern to anybody?

#177 – Support Account Migration – was closed after implementing follower migration, but this is only one small part of a true migration. To really be able to change instances, you need to be able ...
GitHubSupport Post Migration · Issue #12423 · mastodon/mastodonBy SilverWolf32

I'm resurrecting my plugin wp2grav [1], which helps an admin export #wordpress content for use in a #GravCMS site.

Currently working:

  • Post content
  • User roles
  • Users
  • Uploaded content

Please submit issues to the repo, and I'll try to get to them as soon as I can.

[1] github.com/jgonyea/wp2grav_exp

Exports Wordpress content to GravCMS. Contribute to jgonyea/wp2grav_exporter development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHubGitHub - jgonyea/wp2grav_exporter: Exports Wordpress content to GravCMSExports Wordpress content to GravCMS. Contribute to jgonyea/wp2grav_exporter development by creating an account on GitHub.

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