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One of the constraints of GNU Social is that you shouldn't have two identical usernames on two separate instances. I did that and I don't know how to fix it. r

One of the constraints of GNU Social is that you shouldn't have two identical usernames on two separate instances. I did that and I don't know how to fix it. rocky1138@kwat.chat rocky1138@gnusocial.no Does Mastadon suffer the same problem?

teleclimber 10y ago
Do you have a reference for that? It seems hard for a federated system to enforce such a constraint. And what would be the use? that's what the @domain is for.
franzpeterstein 10y ago
Mastodon have the same problem. > https://social.tchncs.de/@voidnill https://social.tchncs.de/@voidnill > https://mastodon.cloud/@voidnill https://mastodon.cloud/@voidnill are the same user (me) on two different instances.
- jobigoud 10y ago
  What do you mean by "problem"? Email has the same "problem".
r3bl 10y ago
Mind elaborating what problems are you facing now?
ghostDancer 10y ago
You can address them differently if you add the server like this @rocky1138@kwat.chat @rocky1138@gnusocial.no, at least on gnusocial