Apropos of nothing, I'd like to see a mod done to the fediverse... Each user keeps their own info pod, and fedi sites can use that to populate profiles.

Migration is the largest hurdle in the fedi for users, instances change/shut down/federate with Meta without warning, etc.

Would be great to have one's info on one's own drives, go to other mastodon site that didn't e.g. manipulate its users into being on Meta and just plug in.

Images could also be stored this way, so copyright and provenance is straightforward. When user moves, so does all that.

Then a lemmy, (x)bin, piefed instance becomes just a place to park and not a captive zoo.

I think that the fediverse should offer a compelling improvement over commercial SM,: For me self-custody and easy migration are the things.