Comment by ACCount37

"Online identity" seems like a castle built on quicksand in every single case.

What's your account tied to?

E-mail? That's usually on a mail server owned by someone else. If not, it's still on a domain owned by someone else.

Phone number? Definitely owned by someone else.

The only account that's reliably "yours" is one that asks for a login, a password, maybe a TOTP, and absolutely nothing else. Because everything else is introducing "things owned by a third party" into the equation.