Boring Mastodon security thing - make sure you enable MFA, that all your instance administrators and mods have MFA and that they’re on the latest version (4.0.2).
Why? If you or an admin/mod deletes your account, it’s instant and gone. Even if the entire instance was restored from backup (unlikely ) your account would still be hosed as every other instance would flag it deleted.
For transparency #cyberplace admin is MFA’d with hardware token.
@GossiTheDog Recommend looking at @nitrokey for a hardware token, cuz not just #FLOSS but also #FLOSH!