Topic: How to move your favorites and sets from e6ai

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Moving your favorites, sets and profile from e6ai

Export your data from e6ai as soon as you can. e6ai is shutting down, and once it's gone your favorites and sets go with it. The export takes a minute, and you can import it here whenever you like.

e6ai.net now has an export button, and blep can read the file it makes. This brings over your favorites (with their original dates), your sets (including private ones), your About Me and your avatar.

1. Export from e6ai
  • Log in to e6ai.net and open Settings.
  • On the Basic tab, under Account, click Export User Data.
  • Save the .json file it downloads. It includes your private sets, so don't share it.
2. Import on blep
  • Open your blep settings. On the Basic tab, under Account, click Import Data.
  • Choose the file, then click Read file. Nothing changes yet.
  • You'll see what's in the file and what you already have. Tick what you want to bring over: favorites, About Me, avatar.
  • Options:
    • Make my favorites private turns on privacy mode. The file doesn't say whether your favorites were private on e6ai.
    • Correct the dates of your favorites from your earlier e6ai.net import: if you already used the old favorite sync, those favorites are all dated the day you synced. This sets them to when you actually favorited each post.
  • Click Import. You'll get a summary of what was added.
If you only want your favorites

The old favorite sync still works, even after e6ai shuts down, as long as your favorites were public on e6ai a few days ago. Copy your e6ai user ID (the number at the end of your e6ai profile URL) and paste it here. It dates every favorite the day you sync, so the export above is better if you can still get to e6ai.

Good to know
  • Imports only add. Nothing you already have is removed or replaced.
  • Sets you already have only get the posts they're missing.
  • Posts that aren't on blep are skipped.
  • It's safe to import the same file again later.
  • blep has the same Export User Data button, so you can keep your own backup any time.

Feel free to reply below if you have any questions.

Updated by hinoserm