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I want to move my Mbin account from kbin.earth to another instance because I think the security of this instance is compromised. I used Interstellar to try out Mbin and when I tried to sign up in the app it defaulted to kbin.earth when choosing the instance (I think this is due to Interstellar's app developer is fond of this instance. They even have a magazine on this instance!) when I completed my email verification it threw an error which said "email not verified". I was like "What the fuck?! I just entered the code which I got in my mail and completed the email verification and here it is saying email not verified. Somethings janky!". And, to note another point, my email provider flagged the email containing the verification code from kbin.earth as spam! I'm able to normally browse, comment and post on communities and magazines which wouldn't have been the case if my email was really not verified. Anyway I no longer feel safe to be in this instance anymore. When I went to settings on kbin.earth I couldn't find any option for instance migration. Could anyone please help me?

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[-] celeste@kbin.earth 3 points 2 days ago

I don't think it's possible yet. Maybe just manually move your subs and then do a full delete, for your peace of mind? If it's an immediate worry for you, it'd be better to do it before they add the transfer option, right? I wonder if the error you got is related to the federation issues the site had yesterday. He ended up reverting some changes and maybe you got caught in it.

(as an aside, the interstellar creator and the kbin.earth admin are the same guy, which is probably why the dev is fond of this instance haha)

[-] BubblyRomeo@kbin.earth 2 points 2 days ago

I wonder if the error you got is related to the federation issues the site had yesterday. He ended up reverting some changes and maybe you got caught in it.

This didn't happen yesterday! I created my account on 17th June 2025!

[-] celeste@kbin.earth 2 points 2 days ago
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