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Is a unified account important? For me, no, not really. In fact I think I’d prefer unique accounts per “subreddit”. The way I see it, each “subreddit” is an in
by s__s 3y ago
Is a unified account important? For me, no, not really. In fact I think I’d prefer unique accounts per “subreddit”.
The way I see it, each “subreddit” is an independently run instance that I can authenticate with. Once it’s set up, my client handles the details of automatically authenticating me when I’m interacting with that instance. I’m imagining it securely stores the domain and token for each “subreddit”, though admittedly I haven’t given it any real thought.
As long as every instance is using some standardized protocol / API you’re set. A system like this is not only dead simple, but it opens up the potential for all sorts of really amazing frontend clients.
In addition to that, each instance could have a lot of control over which features they’d like to expose. For example, whether or not downvotes are allowed. They’d also be able to monetize in a lot of unique and interesting ways that aren’t possible on a centralized platform.