@ndreas I am still trying to grasp these things myself, but here’s my vague understanding: @ndreas.mastodon.social is one entity that is based on the instance mastodon.social, where as @ndreas is a different entity, which is accessible to Mastodon-based folks, but isn’t based on an instance. They are two different “people.” You either want to be the Micro.blog @ndreas or the Mastodon @ndreas, but not both. @ndreas, the Micro.blog user, can crosspost to @ndreas.mastodon.social.

Does that make any sense? I am currently cross-posting to @jean.social.lol, but I also have @jean which I could use and skip being a member of an instance. I am not sure what to do yet…that should be obvious! 😅