silverpill@silverpill@mitra.social: @jandi @HolosSocial @jupiter_rowland In simple terms: if you don't attach your own domain name to an account, there is no portability, and that's not different from mastodon.social.<br>If you use your own domain, you are more independent, but you'd probably be better off hosting a full fediverse instance yourself, instead of relying on a middleman to transfer messages. There are many lightweight alternatives to Mastodon.

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jandi@jandi@mastodon.social (2026-04-03 19:57:13)
@HolosSocial @silverpill @jupiter_rowland 
I'll keep on reading about it, and trying new things. I wouldn't say that I (personally) have been misled with the Holos messaging, but I'd lie if I said that I understand everything implied here...

So again, thanks for your work, for answering my questions, and for looking and going in interesting directions.
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silverpill@silverpill@mitra.social (2026-04-04 05:17:02)
@jandi @HolosSocial @jupiter_rowland In simple terms: if you don't attach your own domain name to an account, there is no portability, and that's not different from mastodon.social.
If you use your own domain, you are more independent, but you'd probably be better off hosting a full fediverse instance yourself, instead of relying on a middleman to transfer messages. There are many lightweight alternatives to Mastodon.


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Holos Social@HolosSocial@mastodon.social (2026-04-04 05:42:26)
@silverpill
The relay is a tunnel, not a middleman. It cannot read or alter the content. And with E2EE DMs, even direct messages are only readable on the device.
@jandi @jupiter_rowland