dansupFeb 7

RE: https://mastodon.social/@webintents/116028982466167234

Imagine being able to share your fediverse account on other platforms using this powerful new service that makes it super easy for them to follow you no matter what server they are on, and if they don't have an account yet, we can onboard them by leveraging the vast and community curated data from FediDB + CommunityDB.

Follow anyone. Any software. Any account. One link or self-hosted html button ✨

We need better UX and this is a huge step in the right direction.

Fedi Devs: Let's chat ✨

Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeFeb 7

@dansup i can already follow anyone on the fediverse, thanks — unless the admins here have blocked them, in which case (since this is a well-run server) it was with good reason.

sounds like another money-making scam to me.

Show threadn-gons
@fishidwardrobe @dansup who is making money?
Feb 7 at 12:12pmWeb
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeFeb 7

@ngons @dansup i'm sure someone will find a way. the first hit is always free.

red flags for me:
- this will let you do [thing you can already do but people are confused about]!
- just put your data on our one little server here! (exactly what the fediverse is *not*)

Show threadn-gonsFeb 7
@fishidwardrobe @dansup my pov: making it easy to do the thing is not inherently bad. A community is built on trust.
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeFeb 7

@ngons @dansup telling everyone that you will make something easy to do that in fact is already easy, destroys trust.

if the product has a genuinely useful purpose, it's not being explained.

Show threaddansupFeb 7

@fishidwardrobe @ngons You don't need to submit any data to us, you can simply just use this.

We don't track or store any PII, profile data or any user content, we simply redirect users to their own server using the Follow Button profile url.