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As an FYI you can have the "vanity domain" if you just use the webfinger protocol with your own custom domain. Don't necessarily need to self-host it.
by Klonoar 4y ago
As an FYI you can have the "vanity domain" if you just use the webfinger protocol with your own custom domain. Don't necessarily need to self-host it.
- eddiegroves 4y agoDoes this method let you move instances “under the hood”?
- spindle 4y agoyes
- jacobbudin 4y agoAre you sure? I'm a Mastodon newbie, but the docs suggest neither the "local domain" nor the "web domain" can be changed once set: > As with LOCAL_DOMAIN, WEB_DOMAIN cannot be safely changed once set, as this will confuse remote servers that knew of your previous settings and may break communication with them or make it unreliable. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#local_domain https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#local_domain They also recommend a "301 Moved Permanently" implementation.
- dustyharddrive 4y agoFollowing an account discovered via WebFinger on your domain doesn’t provide account portability (https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/11/using-your-own-domain-as-a-mastodon-handle/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/11/using-your-own-domain-as-a-...). You can always host a lightweight ActivityPub server like honk (https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk).
- corobo 4y agoNice one for pointing this out, thank you