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---
title: Tips
---
We've gathered a few useful tips and handy
[Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) features
to improve your experience.
## Migrating your account
Let's say for example you want to migrate from
*mastodon.social* (your old server) to *ecoevo.social* (your new server).
::: {.callout-note}
An account is not really "moved" from one server to another.
Instead, a new account is created on the new server and Mastodon make
it easy to export/import the followed account list and followers from the old
server to the new one.
:::
Here are the steps to migrate.
**A) On the new server *ecoevo.social*:**
1) Open a new account on *ecoevo.social* with the username you want
(it does not have to be the same one as on *mastodon.social*)
2) Set up your profile on your new account, such as displayed name,
profile picture, and bio.
::: {layout="[[1,1]]"}
:::
**B) On the old server *mastodon.social*:**
1) Go to `Preferences > Import and export > Data export` and export in CSV format
every category you wish to transfer to the *ecoevo.social* server.<br>
**C) On the new server *ecoevo.social*:**
1) Go to `Preferences > Import and export > Import` and import back the CSV files
for each category of data you want.<br>
2) Go to `Preferences > Account > Account settings` and in the section
"Moving from a different account" click on "create an account alias" link.
You need to alias your two accounts, this is necessary for the next step.
::: {layout="[[1,1]]"}
:::
**D) On the old server *mastodon.social*:**
Go to `Preferences > Account > Account settings` and in the section
"Move to a different account" click on "configure it here" link.
On this page you will indicate your new account handle (with your new server)
such as `[email protected]` and your password for this new account on
*ecoevo.social*.
Once this is all finished, your followers will be transfered to your new account
(i.e. a follower will automatically unfollow your old account and follow your new account).
This operation can take a few minutes or several hours to complete,
depending on the computational load of servers.
A redirection has been put in place on your old account.
As a final step, when you have checked that all your followers and followed account,
lists, muted, and/or blocked accounts have been correctly transfered, you can delete your old account.
Head to your old account settings on *mastodon.social* in `Preferences > Account > Account settings`,
at the bottom of the page in the section "Delete account" click on the "proceed here" link.
Please be aware that account deletion is irreversible and will condemn your handle from ever
being used again.
## Finding your network
Whether you are migrating from Twitter or not,
here is a list of useful tools that can help you find people you
would like to connect with.
* Finding people by topic:
* [fediverse.info](https://fediverse.info/explore/people)
* [fedi.directory](https://fedi.directory/)
* [trunk](https://communitywiki.org/trunk)
* [academics-on-mastodon](https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon)
* Use your Twitter information to search for people on Mastodon:
* [fedifinder](https://fedifinder.glitch.me/)
* [debirdify](https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/)
* [twitodon](https://twitodon.com/)
* View the local feed of another instance:
* [mastovue.glitch.me](https://mastovue.glitch.me)
* [Toot! app](https://apps.apple.com/app/toot/id1229021451) (iOS only)
## Information and topic groups
You can use [Guppe groups](https://a.gup.pe/) to follow posts from whole groups of people.
Briefly, all posts that contains the `@[email protected]` handle will be boosted by the group account
and appear on its followers' timeline.
Here are some groups of interest to the community that you can interact with:
* [`@[email protected]`](https://a.gup.pe/u/phdstudents)
* [`@[email protected]`](https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter)
* [`@[email protected]`](https://a.gup.pe/u/jobofferecoevo)
## Other science related instances
A non-exhaustive list of science and education related instances:
* [genomic.social](https://genomic.social/about), "A Mastodon server for the Genomic Science Community"
* [mstdn.science](https://mstdn.science/about), microbiology, scientists in general and science enthusiasts
* [fediscience.org](https://fediscience.org/about), "Fediscience is the social network for scientists"
* [biologists.social](https://biologists.social), "this is a space for biologists to discuss science, research, teaching, life, and more"
* [scholar.social](https://scholar.social/about), "anyone involved in academia"
* [tech.lgbt](https://tech.lgbt/about), "tech workers, academics, students, and others interested in tech who are LGBTQIA+ or Allies"
* [mathstodon.xyz](https://mathstodon.xyz/about), for maths people, with LaTeX rendering
* [scicomm.xyz](https://scicomm.xyz/about), "for science students, communicators, and enthusiasts ... and scientists!"
* [red.niboe.info](https://red.niboe.info/about), "para generadores de conocimiento. Lenguajes: Español, Português, otras lenguas nuestroamericanas"
You can also check the [academics-on-mastodon](https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon) repository.
Don't hesitate to [contribute](./how-to-contribute.html#contributing-to-this-documentation) to grow this list.
## Advanced web interface
A more advanced/powerful web interface can be enabled in `Settings > Preferences > Appearance`.
{fig-alt="Screenshot showing the preference panel."}
This will give you access to an interface like this one:
{fig-alt="Screenshot showing how the advanced web interface looks."}
## Keyboard shortcuts
If you like keyboard shortcuts,
the web interface has hotkeys that can be found
[here](https://ecoevo.social/keyboard-shortcuts).
This link can be opened from the bottom of the side panel by clicking on `Keyboard shortcuts`.