We should separate identity from infrastructure

Here’s my maybe-not-so-crazy-after-all idea: personal identity should be fully separate from infrastructure. What am I talking about? I’m talking about the server part of a fediverse username (@robobenklein@fosstodon.org), the service provider part of an email address (@gmail.com), or the numerous other combinations of [username] on [specific service instance]. Infrastructure is what handles data,…