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Thank you for taking the time to write that and pointing me to the fosstodon instance! I just got my account there :)
I even found a mastodon.social entry in my password manager from x years ago. I guess i had a better experience back then on how to sign up. I really struggled this time. I guess things don’t get easier the older you get.
How … spoiler: Protonmail safes the IP address when creating a new account.