What happens to a #mastodon instance when it goes away forever? How do other servers in the fediverse know to stop contacting it? Or will the contacts continue forever, if the system remains up but serving (say) 404s back?
What happens to a #mastodon instance when it goes away forever? How do other servers in the fediverse know to stop contacting it? Or will the contacts continue forever, if the system remains up but serving (say) 404s back?