Home2zooNov 18, 2022
@ruud a newbie here. Downloaded the android mastodon app (signed up in chrome) and I can't login. Login takes me to the get started screen. Reinstalled, same thing. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Thank you for any help, sorry to bother!
Show threadTomi NymanNov 18, 2022
@Home2zoo @ruud I had similar issues - now logged in onto different servers on my phone vs computer - and no history tranferred. Still learning..
Show threadRuud

@tomi_nyman @Home2zoo Well you should login to the server you signed up to. You can create accounts on all servers, but they are all separate accounts. (Best might be to stick with 1 account for now)

So if you want to sign in, always select mastodon.world as your server, as that's where your account lives currently.

Nov 18, 2022 at 10:09amWeb
Show threadHome2zooNov 18, 2022
@ruud @tomi_nyman aha! I selected world and everything worked! I was expecting to actually login with password,not just select the instance. Thank you!!!!
Show threadTomi NymanNov 18, 2022
@ruud @Home2zoo Yeah, for some reason when I first signed in, I signed on world, but the world was empty and signed on social - and now I am still confused :-D On my mobile I am signed in on social - and that's where I have more history and followers
Show threadRuudNov 18, 2022

@tomi_nyman @Home2zoo Yes so it's good to understand that these are 2 separate accounts. You can of course keep both, but they don't have the same followers and posts.

You can also choose to redirect 1 account to the other, and use 1 account (redirect can be found in Preferences>Profile)

Show threadTomi NymanNov 18, 2022
@ruud @Home2zoo Thanks for the advice - redirected my social account now to world!