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Running your own instance ensures that the idiot admin of the instance isn't gonna ban you, but other instances can choose not to federate with you.

• ISL 8y ago
  Running your own instance appears to be the only way to have a permanent identifier, no?
  • r3bl 8y ago
    At the moment, yeah. Although there is now a way to indicate that you've moved between instances. See my old profile for example: https://mastodon.social/@r3bl https://mastodon.social/@r3bl