Chuck WendigPeople who keep switching to new instances, I'mma be honest, I'm pretty lazy, so eventually I'm not going to be able to keep up and keep following people HITHER AND THITHER. One of my concerns here is this fragmented, fractured experience.
Greg Pak@chuckwendig Yep. I'm thinking about the experience of running multiple Twitter accounts for different purposes, and it kiiinda works, but it's a PAIN. But it's probably more a pain on the user end than the reader end, so I'm not gonna fret too much just yet -- just gonna go with the flow and see how it washes out.
@chuckwendig That being said, yeah, I wish there was ONE log in and you could join multiple instances using that single log-in/username. Alas, I think the current system is probably pretty much baked in the cake at this point.
@chuckwendig Undoubtedly there are already tons of people who have the same user name in different instances. Meaning, JANE CHO is @[email protected] and JANE PAPADOPOULOS is @[email protected]. So even if there was new code that would let you use one username across all instances, neither one could have @Jane across all instances. SAD FACE.
@gregpak It strongly suggests until that gets negotiated, this place will be better for broadcast -- like, I SAY A THING, MAYBE PEOPLE ARE HEARING, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT
@chuckwendig maaaybe? I imagine folks who put all their eggs into one identity will do fine. Other people in other instances can follow them, and will, and will retoot them into their streams, etc. Most of that key interaction will take place cross-instances pretty seamlessly, right?
@gregpak It should. But arguably part of the value is not keeping eggs in one instancebasket, so.
Sure, sure. Honestly, my bigger worry, which I think you've touched on, is that the strength of non-central control is also the biggest weakness. Folks creating their own instances is like folks setting up message boards on their own websites in the late 1990s/early 2000s. We all did it, and we all eventually abandoned those and shut those down. That'll happen here, and folks' posts/contacts will vanish.
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0x1C3B00DA@chuckwendig @gregpak This is something that's been discussed, but it's not on the roadmap. You can't force a new instance to reserve usernames for existing users on every other instance. You'll always have to specify your instance when sharing your handle.
*admin* princess leia@gregpak @chuckwendig I don't know if it'll help your problem but using the Tootdon app you can toggle between instances seamlessly once you authorize/connect accounts.
Michelle@gregpak @chuckwendig Multiple Instances is the one thing I’m struggling with. I kinda see the point, but I’m having lots of issues as well.