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Account management is the big gap here and (IMO) one of the main reasons that stops a mass migration to lemmy. I think what's needed is a decoupled account man
by gigel82 3y ago
Account management is the big gap here and (IMO) one of the main reasons that stops a mass migration to lemmy.
I think what's needed is a decoupled account management solution that roams across all (federated) lemmy instances. You need to be able to log in once and interact everywhere (instead of manually copying URLs from one instance into another just to load the community).
Even if you're just a lurker, you want to bookmark, save, and maybe upvote / downvote. If you're an active contributor (even if the UX issues are fixed) you'd put all your trust into whoever manages the instance where you originally signed up from (startrek.website) to keep it around (and to protect your data). For me, that's a blocker. Sure, I'll create throwaway accounts to shitpost but that's not "building community" (think 4chan instead of reddit).
- donmcronald 3y agoI remember being excited about Open ID and the idea of delegating my auth needs to a 3rd party, but retaining ultimate control by owning the domain. It’s too bad everything pushed to OIDC where big tech gets to gate keep via app registrations.