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by abdullahkhalids 2 days ago
> how then to previous other posts that point at them, or reply to them, get updated?

You have outlined two scenarios. One where the old posts are deleted, and in the old posts are moved to the new host.

In the former case, the "referencing posts" start pointing to 404. Maybe in the latter case, we can also just have the referencing posts also point to 404.

A partial solution is better than a full solution.