@jameschip I've never understood this mindset of the fediverse being *ephemeral* by design or on purpose.

I see it as ephemeral because of technical limitations... It's a real "ship of theseus" problem, If instances have a short half life, with a large percentage of them dying every year.. over a short amount of time data rot is just going to happen (which is your point)

but if accounts were nomadic or systems were put in place, it's not an impossible problem.

which returns to the main question... should the problem be solved? Is the fediverse bitrot a feature and not a bug? I think it's a bug.

It might be a good mistake, but the idea it was on purpose doesn't sit right with me.