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Replying to @JeremiahLee
Unless you're running it on your own domain, you don't own your mastodon identity, the server admin does. Sure it's better than the Twitter monolith, but getting a mastodon account "somewhere" doesn't solve the underlying #indieweb problem.
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Sure, but I just don't think a blanket "join a mastodon somewhere" statement is really beneficial overall.
Replying to @JeremiahLee
Nope, email *domain* not email server. My email address is @parecki.com but it's gmail behind it. That means I can swap out gmail for running my own server later and nobody who emails me will ever notice. That's the difference.

Jan 28, 2020 · 3:27 PM UTC
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Sure, and in that case, share a domain with a friend/community you trust. My problem was very specifically with your wording "go get a Mastodon somewhere" for these two similar but unrelated reasons: indieweb.org/own_your_data indieweb.org/plurality