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Evan Prodromou

@atomicpoet If you mean being able to move a public identity between implementations, that's what the URL- or Webfinger-based identity is supposed to let you do.

You should be able to export data from a Mastodon server, import it to another system, change the DNS, and everything just keeps on working.

I realise that's not how things work right now, but that's the intention of the protocol. Your identity is your Webfinger, and you can move it where you want.

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Chris Trottier replied to Evan

@evan I guess one of the frustrating aspects of ActivityPub is that it can do a lot of things “in theory”. But so much of its potential isn’t being fully utilized in practice.

Quilnux replied to Chris

@atomicpoet @evan Personally I think ActivityPub is still in the early days. Give it time. Eventually we'll see full utilization of it's potential.

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