𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑

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In the next "exciting" installment of "For F***s Sake"... the ongoing mental breakdown of Stephen!
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Show thread𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 6, 2022
@vintprox Thanks, but it is not a question about account migration.
Show thread𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 5, 2022
@fla That makes sense.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 5, 2022

If I was to point a custom #domain at a major #Mastodon host, let's say MyMastoDomain.com pointing at Mastodon.social, could I refer to an account created on Mastodon.social via MyMastoDomain.com?

e.g. users subscribing to @[email protected] were really subscribing to @[email protected]?

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 4, 2022

Well, that's interesting (or maybe not, depending on your viewpoint). I thought #Diaspora was part of the #Fediverse but it seems I can't find Diaspora users in #Mastodon to subscribe to their content.

Guess I misunderstood something!

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 4, 2022

So, as an experiment, to get some idea of what to expect show up in my feed, I just subscribed to a user on a server hosting #Funkwhale.

Nothing yet, but a potential flaw has just occured to me: their new tracks are gonna fly by in "Twitter time!

Don't think that's too good!

Show thread𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 3, 2022
@harrisbueller Perhaps I am explaining it incorrectly because you are correct. My thoughts really revolve around the idea that ISPs provide users with Mastodon instances as part of the bundle they pay for which their users may or may not sign up to. But even that is not quite there. It is more around major players making these service instances available to take the load off a small set of volunteers and making it as ubiquitous as email. Signup could be as untied to the users' ISP as Gmail is.
Show thread𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 3, 2022
@timlocke also, if your provider allows you to attach a custom domain to your Mastodon instance, you can take that address with you almost anywhere (as long as your username hasn't been used by someone else on the instance you're moving to).
Show thread𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 3, 2022
@timlocke You can migrate your account elsewhere. You don't even have to use what your ISP provides. However, the real point is that if your ISP provides such an account by default, that takes a huge burden off the servers currently providing them and normalizes Mastodon as the defacto open standard for social networking.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Dec 3, 2022
Now, if only your #ISP provided you with a #Mastodon account in much the same way they provide you with an #email account. That would break the monopolies on social for good.
Show thread𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑Nov 29, 2022

@malarkey What annoys me is all those people using the  badge, which you can add yourself, but which require absolutely zero actual verification. Deceitful imho.

Yours is the right way to do it.