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Mastodon is a huge mess, and these servers shut down constantly. Imagine trying to use email but the server is run by a single stranger who gives up after 2 years and you have to reset all of your account emails.

The only feasible end result is that everyone picks one large corporate server or hosts their own. Like how email works.

In my understanding it's similar to email. We can email each other on different hosts just fine, but if my host goes down, so does my email address, and my previous emails.

I mean...this makes sense.