Pretty much in the title. Maybe you wouldn’t even use it, but would like to simply see it exist for the sake of having a federated alternative.

For me, it’d be the following:

  • LinkedIn
  • Meetup
  • Tiktok

I am on the first two, but would prefer a federated alternative. I’m not on Tiktok, but would like to see a federated alternative.

I’ll admit these might not be a good idea. But as a thought experiment, I’d be curious about the community weigh in on what you all think this might look like.

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    It would still be a separate account, but yes, seamless migration to a new instance could be a thing. There’s scripts for it already. OPs suggestion that you can just move between instances with the same account isn’t how the fediverse works.

    If you just want to been on Pixelfed and Mastodon, your instance giving access to both would be the cleanest, best way.

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      OPs suggestion that you can just move between instances with the same account isn’t how the fediverse works.

      I’m OP.

      I’m not sure why you’re speaking in the present tense about a suggestion I am making for the future.

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        Ah, sorry. Didn’t notice, there’s a few people talking to me.

        Yes, it’s not a thing that could work. If you had some centralised way to handle accounts it wouldn’t be federated anymore. It would be another (semi-)walled garden or some kind of blockchain-ish thing, but either way it wouldn’t be ActivityPub-complient.