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"We should secure a Mastodon account." "The problem is that works in one instance, but anyone could grab our name in any other instance."

Posted by Office Transcripts (aka Max) Nov 9 '22, 13:21

"Mastodon is straight up terrible."

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Haven't tried, but just reading these posts makes it clear I'm not doing this. Not to mention that I find the idea of calling the server (or group or - pmb Nov 9, 14:04 2
- heh, I was just thinking the same. I’ve spent almost 14 years -- (edited) - b. Nov 9, 14:06 1
  - Weirdly, the founder of Mastodon himself uses "post" instead of "toot" now. -- nm - mara Nov 9, 15:15
I found out when signing up with an app I ended up on an “adult” server so in process of moving. - spamlet Nov 9, 13:29 1
- All should feel free to join the one I’m on, mastodon.coffee. Or any other, of course. I have a post on a backboard about it. -- nm - Mara Nov 9, 13:48
See, that's where you set up your own instance. Then you know anyone on that instance is the actual sender. Like email. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:22 11
- So was their intent that identity validation would mirror email in such that instead of disconnected instances you would have company/organization - oblique Nov 9, 13:31 1
  - I wouldn't say that was the intent (because I don't know). It's a convenient use case of the way it has been designed. -- nm* - Beryllium Nov 9, 14:54
- still could have duplicate name on other servers [email protected] -- nm - budice Nov 9, 13:23
- Now we're trying to figure out - is Truth Social just a Mastodon instance? -- nm - Max Nov 9, 13:23 6
  - Yes, but blacklisted from the Federation for violating the Khitomer Accords -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 14:52
  - They use the software (open source) but are not in the fediverse that we usually mean with the word Madtodon. Same with CounterSocial. -- nm - Mara Nov 9, 13:46
  - Yes but they also violated the Mastadon license -- (link) - oblique Nov 9, 13:28 2
    - At the same time, they're not technically an instance as they're not part of the federation of instances? -- nm - JD Nov 9, 13:43 1
      - It's the software, but not the interconnection. -- nm - Beryllium Nov 9, 14:53
  - That's what I've heard. -- nm - psilotum Nov 9, 13:27
- (follow-up) - Beryllium Nov 9, 13:23
nice -- nm - budice Nov 9, 13:22

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