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* [Is it possible to have different avatars per profile?](#q1)
* [What is the difference between blocked|ignored|archived|hidden contacts?](#q3)
* [What happens when an account is removed? Is it truly deleted?](#q4)
* [Can I subscribe to a hashtag?](#q5)
Admins
* [Can I configure multiple domains with the same code instance?](#q2)
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Currently the account and all of your content is completely removed from your server. Over time your contacts will notice that your account is missing and will remove it after repeated failures to connect (up to a month). Your entry remains in the global directory however this will be removed manually if somebody flags it as "dead".
This policy has been reviewed and we believe is inadequate. Changes to this are currently being implemented so that in the future (when these changes are implemented), we will immediately remove all your content on your server, and then issue requests to all your contacts to remove you. This will also remove your from the global directory. Doing this requires that your account and profile still be "partially" available for up to 24 hours in order to establish contact with all your friends. We can block it in several ways so that it appears empty and all profile information erased, but will then wait for 24 hours (or after all of your contacts have been notified) before we can physically remove it.
This policy has been reviewed and we believe is inadequate. Changes to this are currently being implemented so that in the future (when these changes are implemented), we will immediately remove all your content on your server, and then issue requests to all your contacts to remove you. This will also remove your from the global directory. Doing this requires that your account and profile still be "partially" available for up to 24 hours in order to establish contact with all your friends. We can block it in several ways so that it appears empty and all profile information erased, but will then wait for 24 hours (or after all of your contacts have been notified) before we can physically remove it.
## <a id="q5" />Can I follow a hashtag?
No. The act of 'following' a hashtags is an interesting technology, but presents a few issues.
1.) Posts which have to be copied to all sites on the network that are "listening" to that tag, which increases the storage demands to the detriment of small sites, and making the use of shared hosting practically impossible, and
2.) Making spam easy (tag spam is quite a serious issue on identi.ca for instance)
but mostly
3.) It creates a natural bias towards large sites which hold more tagged content - if your network uses tagging instead of other conversation federation mechanisms such as groups/forums.
Instead, we offer other mechanisms for wide-area conversations while retaining a 'level playing ground' for both large and small sites, such as [forums and community pages](https://github.com/friendica/friendica/wiki/Friendica-forums-and-community-pages) and [shared tags](http://friendica.com/node/12).