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For new people wondering why Mastodon is on thousands of servers instead of one:

-It helps protect us all against Elon Musk scenarios. It's very difficult for anyone to buy a network made of thousands of independently owned servers. (It's the same reason why no one owns the world's email network, because there are so many independent providers out there.)

-If your server misbehaves (or sells out to a malevolent billionaire), you can move your account to a different server, or even to a brand new server. Decentralisation means you're never trapped on a site you hate.

-Mastodon is an open platform where anyone can start their own server, and they don't need tech knowledge if they use a service like https://masto.host or https://federation.spacebear.ee

...and there are lots more good reasons too, to do with servers using alternative Fediverse software etc, but I'll save that for a future post 😁

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@feditips if someone did sign up on multiple servers, what would be the best course of action then? Let the extra accounts lie dormant? Is there a way to delete them?
Apr 29, 2022 at 2:09amWeb
Show threadFediTips has moved!Apr 29, 2022

@razorsoup

You can keep them, or delete them, or let them lie dormant. It's totally up to you!

Some people deliberately have different accounts, for example one for work and one for personal stuff, or perhaps a specially themed extra account.

It's totally a matter of taste.

And yes, you can always delete an account if you want to. Log in through the server website, select "Edit Profile" and then scroll to the bottom to the "Delete Account" section and follow the instructions. ⚠️ Bear in mind deletions are permanent!

If you've lost access to an account but still want to delete it, then contact the admin of the server and explain the situation.

The admin's fediverse address is on the front page of the server so you can DM them. Also, their email address (in case you have lost access to your only account) is on the "learn more" link from the front page.

All Mastodon servers have admin addresses publicly visible in case of problems logging in.