Post AUeSqsw5IfZ1UlMFQu by victoriadecapua@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AUeSqqlNNVoGkyKfSq by victoriadecapua@mastodon.social
2023-04-14T01:09:03Z
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mastodon could save us a metric ton of bullshit problems if they allowed people to join instances with a single handle.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqrWWYDWX7COJxA by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-04-14T01:11:10Z
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@victoriadecapua You mean like join multiple instances with a single account? Yes, want.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqs72MSjMwRTTrk by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
2023-04-14T01:13:34.434355Z
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That already exists.You’re already on my instance as @mattblaze. https://bofh.social/@mattblaze@federate.socialOr do you mean you want to be able to login go another instance with your credentials on @federate.social?
(DIR) Post #AUeSqsw5IfZ1UlMFQu by victoriadecapua@mastodon.social
2023-04-14T01:14:38Z
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@gme @mattblaze that's federation. It just means that the instance allows integration across different instances. It doesn't mean a member of that instance can also be a member of another instance...just that their content is "permitted" to be read from that instance.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqtbun91ZaUvedM by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
2023-04-14T01:17:10.549070Z
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Well if we both agreed on an identity provider then you could be a member. But it’s helpful to remind folks that accounts on the fediverse are more akin to email addresses.It really wouldn’t make sense for my me@mydomain.com email account to also exist on my.account@protonmail.com.How would message delivery work?
(DIR) Post #AUeSquDqW7MjU8fwky by victoriadecapua@mastodon.social
2023-04-14T01:19:28Z
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@gme @mattblaze It's not really helpful, it just pisses people off, especially if they point out that integrating email UX has been a fait accompli for a decade.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqugYnMKmvC6sVs by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
2023-04-14T01:20:30.247725Z
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It is extremely helpful to help people understand the concept of federation and message delivery (which all SMTP servers are).
(DIR) Post #AUeSqv8D8YS6Ix2xc0 by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-04-14T01:21:50Z
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@gme @victoriadecapua Believe it or not, I understand how email works. Google me.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqvUXnWJhQDUnQG by victoriadecapua@mastodon.social
2023-04-14T01:11:10Z
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seriously, you want screenwriting twitter? You want indie authors, you want creators? Let people treat instances like community groups instead of just propping up different sections of the platform. Federation isn't the same as membership or topicality...and no one is going to do the x1000 account switching thing. They just aren't. Stop.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqvchJCq3pVJJ8C by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
2023-04-14T12:06:32.822391Z
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I know who you are, Matt. I’ve been following your writing and your career for almost 20 years.That being said….It doesn’t make much sense for g311enburg@gmail.com to also be the same account as g.ellenburg@microsoft.com which, unless I misunderstood you, was what you were calling for here.That was my point.And the analogy of Email was for people who have no idea what the fediverse is or how it works. People already know what Email is though and understand that an account on Gmail is not the same as an account on Hotmail. Yet, someone on Gmail can very easily email someone on Hotmail.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqwDv4oc3gwj29I by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-04-14T18:30:58Z
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@gme @victoriadecapua Again, I am aware of how email works.There are two pieces of advice I see given to prospective users:1. You should pick an instance according to your interests and community.2. It doesn't matter what instance you pick, because federation.Well, which is it?In fact, both are strictly true, but neither is the whole story.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqwsgdFDrjNnagy by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
2023-04-14T18:32:56.630452Z
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Which -- ironically -- is not much different than someone choosing an email provider.Also, you forgot option 3:3. Run your own instance.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqxc3uXWE071pQ0 by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-04-14T18:36:05Z
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@gme @victoriadecapua It's more consequential than that. What instance you're on determines what you see in the local feed, and who sees your messages in their local feed. That's the part I (and others) would like to have more flexibility with.Please consider the possibility that people who have different preferences understand what they want.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqy6u3sBlXlSSUS by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
2023-04-14T18:42:45.050150Z
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@mattblaze @victoriadecapua Not really. The local feed is made up of the posts and boosts of the instances users. The network feed is based on all the remote users that the local users are subscribed to. There's nothing to stop any user from subscribing to any other user unless the remote instance is blocked.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqyn5X1vtebC9FA by mattblaze@federate.social
2023-04-14T18:45:41Z
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@gme @victoriadecapua Again, please consider the possibility that people know what they want.
(DIR) Post #AUeSqzHZhgJrB9SUlM by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-04-14T18:57:05.677115Z
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Nomadic identities should have been a core feature.
(DIR) Post #AUeSr0bSnDp3H7ltOy by victoriadecapua@mastodon.social
2023-04-14T01:16:28Z
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@gme @mattblaze which means you have to follow the individual AND the instance has to be federated with their instance. So if some instance blocks mastodon.social, that person has to join your instance or another that is permitted. The bottom line - switching *instance views* or feeds is better UX/UI than switching accounts.
(DIR) Post #AUeT8EdrqmKfjr6tQO by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
2023-04-14T18:58:25.866829Z
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Agreed. Which ironically is what ATP is trying to solve?
(DIR) Post #AUeT8FG9YQxPeb1T6G by feld@bikeshed.party
2023-04-14T19:00:20.566248Z
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Nostr solved it too. We could bolt it onto AP easily by using ENS/ethereum wallets too.Tons of benefits from this approach especially by making it possible to *pay* people by only knowing their social account