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[raarts]

How do you find out if that is the case? Believe what they say? What happens if they die, or throw you out? Do you need to get another handle? Will this drop you from other people's contact lists?

These are things I worry about.

[deberon → raarts]

If these are your concerns you may be well served by hosting an instance on a domain you own.