Question for tech folks --- I have a mastodon account that lives on a server that I pay for hosting for. I've used it for quite awhile (with 2500 posts), but I would like to actually shut down that server (and save the $13/month) --- but I don't want to lose the content I've posted there.
I've done a backup of the profile for my main account here, but of course there is no good way to take that backup and do anything with it (it looks like the actual posts are in a JSON file).
I've also tried just copying and pasting from the profile itself, which gets me the content but for some weird reason leaves off the dates of posts.
I've also tried using archive.today and archive.org, but neither will work either to capture the past posts well.
There must be an easier way to do this. Any ideas?
FYI - the content I'm trying to archive is at James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮ (npub13a8…e6k9)
#Mastodon #Tech #Fediverse #FediTips
James M Branum - יעקב מתתיהו ☮
npub1px…3rycy
2024-09-18 22:14:05 UTC
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2024-09-18 22:14:05 UTCEvent JSON
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