Re:Exploring Mastodon
by nr2x on Monday November 07, 2022 @12:12PM
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If I own a domain I can host my email anywhere. I own the name, and every possible address. Mastodon does not have nearly the same level of portability and ownership. This is why I think AT is more promising.
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> Mastodon does not have nearly the same level of portability and ownership.
how so? its just a protocol, just like email. which concerns do you have that it is not as portable as email?
I can move my email host and my mail keeps coming to me. Mastodon you need to set up some weird redirects from one server to another. It’s the difference between forwarding your Hotmail to your new gmail vs just swapping your provider and keeping your domain the same.