As far as I can tell, if one's server here disappears (or is compromised), that's pretty much it for your account, your follows, your followers, and your message history.
That seems like the opposite of how a distributed system should behave (but very close to Lamport's whimsical definition).
Perhaps there could/should be a way for users to mirror their accounts to an unrelated backup server?
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@mattblaze It's up to you. Mastodon provides good backup tools and a standardized file format. A couple of night ago, I switched from one instance (server) to another, painless easy. If you back up your account, you can jump to a different server and be up and running.
