Each new generation on the web needs to learn that there’s no such thing as a permanent web identity on a commercial web service.
The only long-term solution to maintain your identity is:
1. your own domain name
2. Your own website/blog
3. Several backups
Everything else is temporary. Your accounts on myspace, facebook, medium, twitter, google plus, youtube, tiktok, mastodon will one day disappear or become useless.
You don’t have a "community" on those websites. Only ephemeral discussions.
Want to be verified on the whole Internet?
Buy a domain name.
You will end up paying 8$ a year instead of per month and keep your identity for as long as you live.
@ploum ce que j'ai fait il y a plus de quinze ans
@ploum yes. Education is permanent, évanescent, should THE priority of every governments. Only the change is permanent
@ploum Life is ephemeral.
@ploum But the choice of the TLD is really important.