Accounts are created with the username and the subdomain under which this app is installed  e.g. `@$CLOUDRON-USERNAME@$CLOUDRON-APP-FQDN`.
Mastodon does not allow changing the domain part of the account later.
See [the docs](https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/mastodon/#federation) for more information, f you want to change this domain.

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**NOTE:**
* Mastodon has [restrictions](https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/mastodon/#username-restriction) on usernames that might prevent some users from logging in.

* External registration [does not work well](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20655) when Cloudron user management is enabled.
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**NOTE:**
* Open registration is disabled by default. To enable this, see the [docs](https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/mastodon/#registration)

* To add an initial account follow those [instructions](https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/mastodon/#adding-users)
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